Infection Transmission - click on the red triangle
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Susceptible
host
This slide shows a picture of infection transmission.
There must be
sufficient quantities
of the pathogen, AND
the pathogen must be
virulent
enough to cause disease.
The pathogen moves through a
route of transmission
, and
Reaches a "
portal of entry
," such as eyes, nose, mouth, or
puncture wound,
To enter the
susceptible host.
