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What are different means by which infectious diseases are spread

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Answered by preety89
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Infectious disease are disorders caused by microorganisms like bacteria, virus, fungi, parasite etc.

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  • Infectious disease are spread by several means.
  • a)Direct contact- it can be spread form one person to another person through direct contact like touching, kissing, coughing, sneezing etc.
  • b)Indirect contact- spreading by touching through inanimate objects called fomites like toy, bag, money, cup, door etc.
  • c)air born transmission- spreading through inhalation of air contaminated with air born microbes For example tuberculosis. Microbes get into air from sneezing, coughing of infected persons.
  • d)water born transmission- some water born microbes causes infection through consumption of contaminated water. For example Cholera.
  • e)food born transmission- food poisoning occurs due to consumption of contaminated food. For example Salmonellosis is caused by consumption of food contaminated by Salmonella.
  • f)through vector- Disease that result from infection transmitted to humans by blood feeding arthropods. For example malaria is caused by female anopheles mosquito.
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