Communicable Diseases

They are illnesses that can be spread from one person to another.

• virus

• communicable diseases

• bacteria

They are also known as disease or causative agents.

• pathogens

• reservoir

• transmission

It is the way the pathogens leaves its reservoir.

• mode of entry

• pathogens

• mode of exit

It is the transfer of pathogens from the infected person to its new host.

• mode of exit

• new host

• mode of transmission

Anybody with weak resistance or immunity against disease.

• susceptible host

• mode of exit

• mode of transmission

It is the place where pathogens live, thrive and multiply.

• reservoir

• new host

• mode of exit

Covid19 is a communicable disease.

• True

• False

Chain of infection can be broken if we remove the mode of entry.

• True

• False

The pathogen from infected person can be transferred through direct and indirect contact.

• True

• False

Proper handwashing can break the chain of infectious disease.

• True

• False