MODES OF SPREAD IN COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

MODES OF SPREAD IN COMMUNICABLE  DISEASES

The modes of spread of communicable diseases vary  from disease to disease ,hence ll be taken

one by one :

1 . Aids……….sexual contact, sharing the syringes ,contact with blood of infected individuals,

placental transmission (direct transmission).

2 . Cholera……..water or food contaminated with feces.

3 . Diphtheria…..inhaling the infected droplets coughed out by the patient in public.

4 . Hepatitis A…..food or water contaminated with feces.

  5. Hepatitis B…….contact with blood and body fluids

6 . Influenza…..respiratory droplets and the contaminated objects.

7 . Measles….respiratory droplets

8 . Tuberculosis…..droplet infection.

9 . Typhoid…..food or water contaminated with feces.

10 . Syphilis….sexual intercourse.

11 . Streptococcal   pharyngitis…respiratory droplets

12 . Trachoma …cutaneous  contact with infected hands, towels, handkerchiefs.

So here we have noticed that respiratory droplets aid in the spread of :

a . Influenza ,  b . Tuberculosis,  c . Measles , d . Diphtheria,  e . Perttusis

            f . Pneumonia , g . Streptococcal pharyngitis, h . Rubella, i . Trachoma.

 Unsafe sexual intercourse adds to the spread of :

           a . Hepatitis c , b . Syphilis , c . Aids  d . Gonococcal  infection.