infectious diseases

contact transmission

direct, indirect,droplet

non contact transmission

airborne, vehicle borne, vector borne

direct transmission

genital warts

indirect transmission

rhinovirus

droplet transmission

strep

airborne

tuberculosis

vehicle borne

cholera

vector borne

lymes disease

bacteria disease

single celled organism, most don’t cause disease, used to make food

viruses

single celled organism, smaller than bacteria, must have living host to replace

fungi

over a million different species, common fungi such as ringworm, jock itch

parasites

trichomonas, giardia

west Nile virus

leading cause of mosquito borne disease in the US

viral sti’s

genital herpes, hep a and b, HIV, HPV

subclinical infections

when the host shows no evidence of being ill

slow virus

a virus with very long incubation period, months to years ex) rabies,HIV

past epidemics

smallpox, black plague, Spanish flu

modern pandemics

HIV/AIDS, monkeypox, covid