transmission of diseases

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Transmission of infectious diseases involves carrying or transfer or pathogen from an infected host to a non infected organism
Mode of transmission relates directly to ability of pathogen to survive outside host cell
An understanding of transmission methods is critical to the control of disease outbreaks. For a disease to spread between organisms, a chain of infection must be present
Chain has 3 elements
Host that is suspectible to the disease
Pathogen that is capable of causing disease
Mode of transmission that is a way for the pathogen to get from host to host