Disease and infection

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Disease Infection source Affected tissue Transmission mode
Influenza
Droplets from coughs and sneezes
cells lining upper respiratory tract
Inhalation or hand-to-eye, nose or mouth
Cholera
Tuberculosis
Malaria
Smallpox
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  • Humans or contaminated water
  • Lining of small intestine
  • Ingested
  • airborne droplets
  • Mainly lungs + lymph nodes in neck
  • Inhaling droplets from the coughs or sneezes
  • Bite from female Anopheles mosquito
  • In human – liver and red blood cells In mosquito – gut and salivary glands
  • Injected into blood when mosquito feeds.
  • Infected people
  • Blood, internal organs and spreads to skin
  • direct contact with infected bodily tissues

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