Chapter 44 Flashcards
(12 cards)
chicken pox
spread through droplets in air ; direct contact with infected person
common cold
spread through droplets in air; direct contact with infected person
german measles
droplet spread; direct contact of infected person
influenza
spread through direct contact with infected person; droplet infection; also may be airborne
mumps
droplet spread; direct contact with infected person
polio
direct contact with infected person
diptheria
contact with a patient or carrier; contaminated raw milk
syphilis
sexual contact
terberculosis
droplets in air; contaminated milk and dairy products
infection
when the body in successfully invaded by a pathogen
sickness is not a daily event because…
not all infections produce disease
bacterium clostridium tetani
lives in soil and enters thru a cut or puncture on the skin