Disease transmission

When a pathogen is moved from person to person through physical touch (kissing, hugging, close-up sneezing, shaking hands).

• Transmission

• Translation

• Emission

• Direct Contact

• Indirect Contact

Pathogens spread from person to person by objects (chairs, medical equipment, office supplies, doorknobs, etc.)

• Direct Contact

• Indirect Contact

• Airborne Transmission

• Foodborne Tranmission

• Vector-Borne Transmission

You're eating at a restaurant and the chicken was not cooked all the way through. 2 hours later you are sick. This is an example of:

• Contact

• Airborne

• Food borne

• Virusborne

Select all the routes of airborne transmission...

• Coughing

• Sneezing

• Kissing

• Spitting

If pathogens are in your salad....

• You will get sick

• You will not get sick

• You will get sick if you ingest your salad

• None

_________________ are bacteria, viruses, or micro organisms that can cause disease.

• Pathogens

• Things

• Sickness

• Illnesses

Susie has been sick and you share her water bottle at practice. 2 days later you are sick. This is_______

• animal transmission

• Water-borne

• Indirect Contact

• Water contact

This type of pathogen is non-living and spreads fast.

• Virus

• Bacteria

This type of pathogen releases toxins to make people sick.

• Virus

• Bacteria

Organism that feeds off a living host (lives and is transmitted through fluid)

• Parasite

• Virus

• Bacteria

• Fungi