Type of
Infectious
Agent
Disease
Examples
Bacteria
Tuberculosis
Syphilis
Strep Throat
Viruses
Common cold
Rotavirus
Flu
Modes of Transmission
Airborne droplets from coughing or
sneezing
Shared food & drink
Contact with body fluids
Contact with contaminated surfaces
Airborne droplets from coughing or
sneezing
Shared food & drink
Contact with body fluids
Contact with contaminated surfaces
Person to person or animal to
person
Contact with contaminated surfaces
Damp soil
Warm & wet socks and or shoes
Fungus
Athlete’s Foot
Ringworm
Histoplasmosis
Protozoa
Malaria
Cryptosporidiosis
Giardiasis
Helminthes
Trichinosis
Tapeworm
Ascariasis
Undercooked meat
Fecal to mouth transfer
Prions
CreutzfeldtJakob
Exposure to infected tissue
Mutation-genetic history
Mosquito bites
Mother to baby
Contaminated food or water
Contact with bodily fluids
Methods of Prevention
How the Agent
Reproduces
How the Agent
Is Treated
Good hygiene
Safe food and water
Avoid body fluids
Binary fission
Conjugation
Antibiotics
Good hygiene
Safe food and water
Avoid body fluids
Vaccines
Lytic cycle
Lysogenic cycle
(need a host cell)
Avoid walking
barefoot
Keep skin clean & dry
Wear breathable
clothing and shoes
Vegetative spores
(asexual)
Anastomosis
(sexual)
Avoid contact with
feces
Safe food & water
Good hygiene
Avoid contact with
feces
Safe food & water
Good hygiene
Immunotherapy
Binary fission
Antiviral drugs
Antifungal
Medicine
(Topical or
Oral)
Anti-parasitic drugs
Mating or
Parthanogenesis
Anti-parasitic
medication
Do not reproduce
None