Cards (8)

  • types of transmission in animals and plants
    direct transmission
    indirect transmission
    socioeconomic factors
  • direct transmission in animals
    touching, kissing
    the spread of droplets like coughing and sneezing
    inoculation - cuts and sharing needles
  • indirect transmission in animals is caused by the ingestion of contaminated foods or water and by vectors such as wind water spores and mosquitoes
  • socioeconomic factors include over populated areas, lack of health resources and education and climate change
  • climate change is a form of transmission as in warmer climates more pathogens are able to survive
  • direct transmission in plants include direct contact with infected plants and overcrowding of crop
  • indirect transmission in plants include contaminated soil and vectors
  • socioeconomic factors affecting transmission of disease in plants are over crowding climate conditions and climate change