Things forgotten Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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What are the exmaples of direct transmission ?
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Direct contact ( touching,kissing and sexual contact)
Inoculation ( sharing needles and animal bits)
Ingestion (Eating or drinking contaminated food)
2
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What are the examples of indirect transmission?
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Vectors( malaria)
Droplets (sneezing )
Formites (Dirty bedding)
3
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What is passive immunity?
A
Antibody is interduced to the body. The pathogen doesn’t enter the body so no long term immunity occurs.
4
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What is active immunity?
A
When immunity is created by your own immune system.
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