Chain of Infection

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Assignment

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Read Lesson 1, Section 10, on the CDC website about the Chain of infection, which can be found here.

Answer the following questions about the chain of infection:

1.What is a reservoir?

2. Describe 2 examples of each of the 3 types of reservoirs?

3. What is a carrier?

4. What is zoonosis?

5. List 6 examples of zoonotic diseases.

6. What is a Portal of Exit

7. List 3 examples of Portals of Exit.

8. What are the two Classifications of Mode of Transmission?

9. Describe the 5 Modes of Transmission.

10. Describe the Portal of Entry.

11. Describe a Host.

12. What factors can affect a host?

 

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