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Communicable diseases spread through ___________.


  1. Water
  2. Air
  3. Food
  4. All of the above

A
Food
B
Water
C
Air
D
All of the above
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There are several ways disease-causing agents get from one person to another:

  • Airborne or droplet infection (e.g. colds, flu).
  • Animal borne or insect borne infection (e.g. rabies, malaria, Lyme Disease).
  • Blood borne infection (e.g. HIV, hepatitis).
  • Food borne or water borne infection (e.g. salmonella, giardia).
  • Sexually transmitted (e.g. chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis).
  • Other direct contact (e.g. some kinds of warts, scabies).
  • Indirect contact (e.g. colds and flu carried from person to person on dirty tissues, money, door knobs, phones, computer keyboards).

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