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Communicable Disease Chain

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Infectious Agent

 

Microbes – All Types

Pathogenicity

Invasiveness

Virulence

Infective Dose

Resistance

 

 

 

 

Means of Transmission

 

Direct

Indirect

 

 

 

 

Portal of Re-entry

 

Same as Exit

 

 

Portal of Exit

 

Respiratory

Integumentary

Blood

GI

Sexual

 

 

Susceptible Host

 

Defense Mechanisms

Immunity

Natural

Artificial

 

 

Reservoirs

 

Humans

Animals

Plant/Soil

 

 

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