Routes of Transmission of Disease

Match up the descriptions of how infectious diseases spread to the name given to that route.

Faeco-oral Injections with used needles; animal bites, accidental inoculation

Endogenous infectious E.g. salmonella in eggs or chicken; brucellosis in unpasteurised milk

Direct person to person Disease spread from an arthropod vector infecting a susceptible host

Air-borne spread Person gets the infection from inhaling infectious agents into the body which remain suspended in the air for prolonged periods of time

Vector-borne disease Result of contamination of fomites e.g. door handles, toys

Indirect person to person spread Infectious agents from faeces of the host are passed on via another person's mouth

Direct inoculation Infection is caused by agents already present in the body

Consumption of infected material E.g. STIs, skin to skin contact, body fluid contact, droplet spread

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