Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780357040768
Author: Lynn R Marotz
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 5, Problem 2CR
Describe two examples that illustrate how an illness can be spread via:
a. airborne transmission
b. indirect contact
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A.) The difference between direct and indirect contact infection? Example
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All of the following are requirements for being a "carrier" of an infection, except:
a.
Active multiplication of the infectious agent in the body
b.
Absence of recognizable symptoms and signs of the infection
c.
Presence of the infectious agent in the body
d.
Ability to transmit the infection through excretions, discharges, and/or respiratory droplets
According to the natural history of disease model, the time before the precursors of disease and the host interact is called the period of:
A.
Prepathogenesis
B.
Pathogenesis
C.
Primogenesis
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B and C
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