BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
Question
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Nose
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Injured skin
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Mouth
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pathogens can be transmitted a few ways depending on the type. They can be spread through skin contact, bodily fluids, airborne particles, contact with feces, and touching a surface touched by an infected person.
Detailed explanation-2: -Microorganisms capable of causing disease-pathogens-usually enter our bodies through the mouth, eyes, nose, or urogenital openings, or through wounds or bites that breach the skin barrier. Organisms can spread-or be transmitted-by several routes.
Detailed explanation-3: -the air as small droplets (droplet spread) or tiny aerosol particles (airborne spread) contact with faeces (poo) and then with the mouth (faeco-oral spread) contact with the skin or mucus membranes (the thin moist lining of many parts of the body such as the nose, mouth, throat and genitals) (contact spread)