Understanding Communicable Diseases

Communicable Diseases

Module 3 - Disease and Disorders
Lesson 2 - Understanding Communicable Diseases
Chapter 23

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Which of the following is a characteristic of a Communicable Disease? (Check all that apply)

• Spreads from organism to organism from an "outside" agent.

• Caused by a problem "within" the body.

• Duration of the illness is typically short.

• Treatment option is to destroy and remove the "outside agent" from the body.

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Kissing

Touching a wound

Sharing water bottle

Cough and Sneeze

Dust particles

Animals and Insects

Tick

Mosquito

Getting bit

Contaminated food and water

Organize the way communicalbe diseases spread into the correct method of transmission.

Direct Contact

Indirect Contact

Airborne

Vector - Examples

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Vectors spread disease in an ​

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manner

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