- Human reservoirs
- Animal reservoirs
- Environmental reservoirs 


Types of Reservoirs of an infectious agent

A reservoir is a site or habitat where an infectious agent or pathogen "lives, grows, and multiplies".

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The traditional sequence in which infectious disease results from the interaction of agent, host, and environment.


Chain of Infection

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Reservoir of an infectious agent

Transmission occurs when an infectious agent or pathogen exits its reservoir through a portal of exit, is carried to a portal of entry through a mode of transmission, and infects a susceptible host. 

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