Agent spread through food, water, biologic items/fluids, and fomites that passively carry a pathogen or in which a pathogen actively grows or multiplies.

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- Airborne Transmission of Infection
- Vehicles Transmission of Infection
- Vectors Transmission of Infection


Types of Indirect Transmission of Infection

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Infectious agents suspended in air in dust or droplets that are suspended in air for long periods of time over great distances.

Airborne Transmission of Infection

Vehicles Transmission of Infection

The infectious agent carried and spread by organisms such as mosquitos, fleas, and ticks. The pathogen can be merely carried by the vector or can undergo a biologic process by the vector before being transmitted.

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