Direct Transmission in Animals

Question 1

What is direct contact?

Answer 1

• kissing or any other contact with the body fluids of another person
• direct skin to skin contact
  -microorganisms from faeces transmitted on hands

Question 2

What is inoculation?

Answer 2

• through a break in the skin
• from an Animal bites (rabies)
• through a puncture wound or sharing needles

Question 3

What Is ingestion?

Answer 3

• taking in contaminated food or drink or transferring pathogens to the mouth from the hands

Question 4

What is a droplet infection?

Answer 4

• minute droplets of saliva and mucus are expelled from your mouth as you talk, cough or sneeze
• Droplets can contain pathogens which someone may breathe in and become infected