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What do you understand by ‘direct transmission of infectious diseases?


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  1. Infectious diseases: These are the diseases that spread from an infected person to a healthy person via various agents of infection. This may either be through direct transmission or indirect transmission.
  2. Direct transmission: This implies the direct transmission of a pathogen from an infected person to a healthy individual without an intermediate agent.
  3. For instance, the contact of a healthy person with an infected person (leading to chickenpox or scabies) or with infected soil (leading to tetanus).

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