Don't Be A Fomite! Principles Of Disease Transmission

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Animal shelters can be a breeding ground for infectious diseases, but staff and volunteers can help keep the animals healthy. Dr. Erin Henry, Swanson Intern in Shelter Medicine at Cornell University, discusses common methods by which diseases are spread through a shelter, and the role that shelter staff play.

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2. A fomite is any object capable of carrying infectious organisms from one individual and transferring it to another.

True

False

3. The following is (are) true of disease transmission in an animal shelter:

A common mode of disease transmission are fomites.

The shelter set-up will often determine the most likely mode of transmission for diseases.

All of the above

4. What determines whether or not a disease is "successfully" transmitted?

Susceptibility of the potential host.

Infectivity of the infectious agent.

Route of exposure.

None of the above.

All of the above.

5. The two general modes of disease transmission are:

Longitudinal and Latitudinal Transmission.

Sideways and Up-and-Down Transmission.

Horizontal and Vertical Transmission.

Inside and Outside Transmission.

Backwards and Forwards Transmission.

6. Direct droplet disease transmission is:

Transmission via body surface to body surface contact.