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Pretest
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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?