Chapter 14: Laboratory Acquired Diseases

airborne transmission

- Airborne transmission is infection spread through exposure to those virus-containing respiratory droplets comprised of smaller droplets and particles that can remain suspended in the air over long distances (usually greater than 6 feet) and time (typically hours).

droplet transmission

- Droplet transmission is infection spread through exposure to virus-containing respiratory droplets (i.e., larger and smaller droplets and particles) exhaled by an infectious person. Transmission is most likely to occur when someone is close to the infectious person, generally within about 6 feet.

Hepatitis C causative agent

HCV

mode of transmission of pneumonia

air-borne droplets from a cough or sneeze

mode of transmission of hepatitis C

contact with blood from an infected person

mode of transmission of MERS-Cov

infected person's respiratory secretions

mode of transmission of influenza

respiratory droplet transmission

mode of transmission of Covid-19

respiratory droplets

mode of transmission of SARS-Cov

respiratory droplets

mode of transmission of tuberculosis

through the air from one person to another