HOSA-Health Education_Rivera/Soutar

Research states that ____% of diseases are transported by touch

• 100

• 80

• 95

• 60

There are ______ links in the chain of infectin

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 6

A pathogen, such as a bacterium or virus that can cause a disease is defined as________

• Germ

• Mode of Transmission

• Causative Agent

• Portal of Exit

An area where the causative agent can live

• Infectious agent

• Reservoir

• Surface area

• Environmental area

A way for the causative agent to escape from the reservoir in which it has been growing

• Portal of Exit

• Portal of Entry

• Portal of Orface

• Portal of Crevice

A way that the causative agent can be transmitted to another reservoir or host where it can live

• Method of Transmission

• Method of Transferal

• Mode of Transferal

• Mode of Transmission

A way for the causative agent to enter from the reservoir in which it has been growing

• Portal of Exit

• Portal of Entry

• Portal of Orface

• Portal of Crevice

A person likely to get an infection or disease usually because the body defenses are weak

• Acceptable host

• Susceptible host

• Unsuceptible host

• Impressionable host

The number one way to prevent the spread of infection is

• Antibiotics

• Vaccines

• Hand washing

• Antibodies

For disease to occur and spread from one person to another, conditions must be met. Those conditions are called

• The Chain of Infection

• The Chain of Disease

• The Chain of Pathogens

• The Chain of Contamination