each statement if it is true or false.  Airborne transmission refers to the spread of agents of infection by droplet nuclei in dust that travel less than 1 meter from the reservoir to the host.  A subacute disease pertains to a causative agent that remains inactive for a time but then becomes active to produce symptoms of the disease. Mechanical transmission is the passive transport of a pathogen on the insect's feet or other body parts when an insect makes contact with a host's food and later swallowed by the host. The two major nonliving reservoirs of infectious disease are food and water. The diagnosis of a disease is made by evaluation of the signs and symptoms, together with the results of laboratory tests

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Identify each statement if it is true or false. 

Airborne transmission refers to the spread of agents of infection by droplet nuclei in dust that travel less than 1 meter from the reservoir to the host. 

A subacute disease pertains to a causative agent that remains inactive for a time but then becomes active to produce symptoms of the disease.

Mechanical transmission is the passive transport of a pathogen on the insect's feet or other body parts when an insect makes contact with a host's food and later swallowed by the host.

The two major nonliving reservoirs of infectious disease are food and water.

The diagnosis of a disease is made by evaluation of the signs and symptoms, together with the results of laboratory tests.

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