Transmission that involves direct or indirect contact

Contact Transmission

Pathogenic transmission through vehicles including as air, food, and water

Vehicle Transmission

Pathogenic transmission by mechanical or biological vector

Vector Transmission

Types of disease transmission include:
- Contact transmission
- Vehicle transmission
- Vector transmission

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The mechanisms by which diseases are spread

Disease transmission

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Types of Disease Transmission

Features of disease transmission include:
- Reservoirs
- Carriers
- Hosts
- Quarantine
- Nosocomial Infections

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