Question
List four modes of transmission of infection, with one example each.
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Four modes of transmission of infection, with one example each:
- Direct contact — e.g., impetigo (Staphylococcus aureus/Streptococcus pyogenes), spread by direct skin-to-skin contact.
- Droplet transmission — e.g., influenza, spread via respiratory droplets from coughing/sneezing.
- Vector-borne transmission — e.g., malaria (Plasmodium species), transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito.
- Faeco-oral (vehicle-borne) transmission — e.g., cholera (Vibrio cholerae), via contaminated water/food.
(Other valid examples: airborne — tuberculosis via droplet nuclei; vertical — syphilis/HIV from mother to child.)
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