The document describes the difference between direct and indirect disease transmission. Direct transmission requires physical contact between an infected and healthy person, while indirect transmission does not involve direct contact but rather spreads through contaminated surfaces. It provides the examples of HIV spreading through sexual contact as direct transmission, and common colds or tuberculosis spreading via contaminated objects as indirect transmission.
Write a lab report about the Fomite Transmission LabPaq experiment i.pdf
1. Write a lab report about the Fomite Transmission LabPaq experiment in which you do the
following: 1. Describe the difference between direct and indirect transmission. a. Describe one
example of direct transmission. b. Describe one example of indirect transmission.
Solution
1). Transmission by direct contact requires the physical contact between the infected person and
the healthy person. In contrast, indirect transmission does not involve direct physical contact, but
the pathogens pass on to the surfaces touched by the person. When the healthy person tough
these contaminated surfaces, the organism enter into the healthy person.
a). An example of direct transmission is, the transmission of HIV (human immunodeficiency
virus), which causes AIDS (acquired immuno deficiency syndrome). It is a sexually transmitted
disease. It can also be indirectly transmitted via contaminated needles, but sexual contact is the
most common way of transmission.
b). The transmission of common cold and tuberculosis can occur by indirect contact in which the
organism pass via the contaminated objects or surfaces.