{"id":7835,"date":"2022-05-28T03:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T03:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanbio.org\/?page_id=7835"},"modified":"2023-06-05T23:47:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T23:47:34","slug":"transmission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/humanbio.org\/index.php\/campus-humanbio\/epidemics\/eliminating\/transmission\/","title":{"rendered":"10a1 Transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Disease Transmission<\/h1> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Disease Transmission Objectives<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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    List examples of human-to-human, vector, and environmental infectious disease transmission.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
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    Provide examples of diseases and their forms of transmission, including viral Hepatitis and COVID-19.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
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    Explain how food-borne infectious disease transmission can be reduced, and provide examples of safe food preparation and storage.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    A key to addressing infectious diseases is to adequately understand transmission.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Many day-to-day activities, like washing hands and cooking food, are intended in part to reduce disease transmission.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Infectious disease transmission can be broken into three categories.<\/h3> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    \n Human to Human <\/h3>\n
    \n This includes respiratory transmission, skin contact, sexual contact, and mother to baby. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    \n Vector <\/h3>\n
    \n An animal like a mosquito or tick transmits pathogens to a human. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    \n A pathogen is acquired from the environment by drinking contaminated water, eating contaminated food, or through soil. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    There are numerous ways an infectious disease agent can be transmitted to a human.\u00a0 Some of these are more obvious, others have more obscure names.\u00a0 Iatrogenic<\/strong> transmission means through a medical procedure like using a needle or a blood product.\u00a0 Vertical<\/strong> transmission refers to a mother transmitting to a baby immediately before or after birth.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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