PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

INFECTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When a pathogen is transmitted from person to person through physical touch (kissing, hugging, shaking hands, etc).
A
Transmission
B
Translation
C
Direct Contact
D
Indirect Contact
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Direct contact infections spread when disease-causing microorganisms pass from the infected person to the healthy person via direct physical contact with blood or body fluids. Examples of direct contact are touching, kissing, sexual contact, contact with oral secretions, or contact with body lesions.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Communicable diseases, also known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases, are illnesses that result from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host.

Detailed explanation-4: -These are diseases caused by microorganisms that are spread by person-to-person contact or indirect contact with contaminated objects. Conjunctivitis (Pink-eye) Creutzfeldt-Jacob (CJD) Ebola Virus Disease.

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