T or FA reservoir can be human beings, animals, insects, soils, and/or plants:
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A reservoir is defined as a host in which an infectious agent normally lives, multiplies, and sometimes produces disease. Show more…
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Duck Tecus 01 IIII mile, ten (lies the growing lettuce. The duck of Fomile, Environmental TechnoIT; Zoonotic reservoir Mechanical vector, Biological vector nearby (CuuCe patch, spreading mature microbes. Healthy poultry-farmed chickens have Campylobacter in their intestines. When humans eat chicken, they get intestinal disease. In this example, chicken is a Fomite, Environmental reservoir, Zoonotic reservoir, Mechanical vector, Biological vector. The transmission of Zika virus is by mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. In this example, it is a Fomite, Environmental reservoir, Zoonotic reservoir, Mechanical vector, Biological vector. The cutting board contaminated with Salmonella is a Fomite, Environmental reservoir, Zoonotic reservoir, Mechanical vector, Biological vector. An example of Bacillus anthracis can be found in the fur of animals such as sheep and goats without causing disease. If your skin becomes infected with anthracis while you shear/cut sheep, the sheep can be considered a biological vector, environmental reservoir, mechanical vector.
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what are Human reservoirs?
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7. Which kind of disease develops quickly and runs its course quickly? a) Viral b) Congenital c) Chronic d) Acute 8. A reservoir is a) a condition in which organisms remain in the body for a short time. b) a source of microbes for laboratory testing. c) a source of microbial contamination. d) any microorganism that causes disease. e) an environment that is free of microbes. 9. Fomites are a) animal sources for human pathogens. b) silent carriers of infectious diseases. c) insects that transmit pathogens from an infected host to a non infected host. d) inanimate objects involved in the indirect contact transmission of pathogens e) fecal material from infected hosts.
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