Mode of Transmission of Diseases- Direct and Indirect Transmission

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Mode of Transmission of Diseases- Direct and Indirect Transmission

Table of Contents

Interesting Science Videos

Direct Transmission

Direct Contact

Droplet Spread

Direct Transmission Occurs By:

Indirect Transmission

Vehicles

Vectors

Airborne transmission

Indirect Transmission Occurs By:

Significance of Mode of Transmission of Disease

References

  1. https://www.who.int/buruli/research/priorities/transmission/en/
  2. http://www.iaff.org/HS/Resi/infdis/What_are_the_modes_of_transmission.htm
  3. https://www.omicsonline.org/conferences-list/modes-of-transmission-of-infectious-diseases
  4. https://www.gov.nu.ca/sites/default/files/files/4_%20Modes%20of%20Transmission%20-%20march%205%20-%20low%20res.pdf
  5. https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/lesson1/section10.html
  6. https://emedia.rmit.edu.au/infection_control/content/3_MethodTransmission/01_tran_de.htm
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  9. Gordis, L. (2014). Epidemiology (Fifth edition.). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders.

About Author

Sagar Aryal is a microbiologist and a scientific blogger. He is doing his Ph.D. at the Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He was awarded the DAAD Research Grant to conduct part of his Ph.D. research work for two years (2019-2021) at Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Saarbrucken, Germany. Sagar is interested in research on actinobacteria, myxobacteria, and natural products. He is the Research Head of the Department of Natural Products, Kathmandu Research Institute for Biological Sciences (KRIBS), Lalitpur, Nepal. Sagar has more than ten years of experience in blogging, content writing, and SEO. Sagar was awarded the SfAM Communications Award 2015: Professional Communicator Category from the Society for Applied Microbiology (Now: Applied Microbiology International), Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK). Sagar is also the ASM Young Ambassador to Nepal for the American Society for Microbiology since 2023 onwards.