Modes of Disease Transmission

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Airborne Diseases

• Legionnaire’s disease : caused by Legionella pneumophila

• Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) : caused by corona virus

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Droplet

• Whooping cough-Bordetella pertusis

• German Measles- Rubella virus

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Airborne transmission

• Meningococcemia-caused by Neisseria meningitidis

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Droplet

• Tubercolosis- Mycobacterium tubercolosis

• Common Colds- Corona Virus

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Vehicle transmission

• Cholera- Vibrio cholera

• Dysentery

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Vehicle transmission

• Diptheria

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Contact transmission

• Scabies-Sarcoptes scabiei

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Contact transmission

• Impetigo

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How virus enters the body

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpj0emEGShQ

Reference

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_(medicine)• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabies• http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease

/epi/airborne/

• http://www.preservearticles.com/201107309505/what-are-the-different-modes-of-disease-transmission.html

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