Vocab CH11

aerosol (airborne) transmission

• An infectious agent that is derived from touching surfaces

• An infectious agent that leaves a host via a cough, a sneeze, or even microscopic droplets released while talking

• An infectious agent that is in dust in the air

Animal reservoir

• Dogs, cats

• Humans

• Plants

• Food

biological vector transmission

• Insects on the skin

• Insects on food/surfaces

• Insects in your mouth

chronic illness

• Long term illness due to inadequate immune system

• Short term illness

Contamination

• the mere presence of microorganisms

• the presence of sickness

which of these is not direct contact transmission

• Contact

• Blood

• Water

• Bites

disease

• being healthy and not feeling sick

• feeling good and being sick at the same time

• an infection that interferes with normal host functions

Which one is NOT an environmental reservoir

• Plants

• Soil

• Water

• Table

Fomite

• the intermediary inanimate objects that have been touched and may spread disease

• a type of parasitic bug that targets humans only

• direct contact with people and spreading disease through that contact

foodborne transmission

• disease spread through contamination through food

• animals that are contaminated and we eat them

• microbes on the countertop being breathed in