Multiple Choice
Which of the following best explains why employees should use a disinfectant when cleaning up a surface contaminated by blood?
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1. Introduction to Microbiology
Introduction to Microbiology
Multiple Choice
Eating undercooked food or drinking contaminated water allows pathogen transmission via which of the following routes?
A
fecal-oral route
B
direct contact route
C
vector-borne route
D
airborne route
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Understand the context of pathogen transmission routes, which describe how infectious agents move from a source to a new host.
Identify the mode of transmission involved when eating undercooked food or drinking contaminated water. Both involve ingestion of pathogens.
Recall that the fecal-oral route involves pathogens present in feces contaminating food or water, which are then ingested by a new host.
Compare other options: direct contact involves physical touch, vector-borne involves an organism like a mosquito, and airborne involves inhaling droplets or particles.
Conclude that since the transmission occurs through ingestion of contaminated substances, the correct route is the fecal-oral route.
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