Airborne diseases are the diseases that are spread through air medium. This ppt contains 4 main airborne diseases, their symptoms, prevention and treatment
2. INTRODUCTION
● Airborne diseases are the diseases that are caused by bacteria or viruses that are
most commonly transmitted through small respiratory droplets in the air.
● These pathogens linger in the dust particles and respiratory droplets, which are
eventually inhaled by other people.
● These pathogens are most commonly transmitted through small respiratory
droplets. These droplets are expelled when someone with the airborne disease
sneezes, coughs, laughs, or exhales in some way.
● These infectious vehicles can travel along air currents, linger in the air, or cling to
surfaces, where they are eventually inhales by someone else.
● Airborne diseases are highly infectious as their mode of transfer is air which is
omnipresent.
● Some of the most important airborne disease are measles, tuberculosis, influenza,
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