Community Health Communicable Disease Transmission

Measles

airborne

chickenpox

airborne

TB

airborne

Pertussis

airborne

Influenza

airborne

Salmonellosis

food infection

hep A

food infection

trichinosis

food infection

E. Coli

food infection

staph aureus

food intoxication

c. botulism

food intoxication

cholera

waterborne

typhoid fever

waterborne

bacillary dysentery

waterborne

Lyme disease

vector-borne

rocky mountain spotted fever

vector-borne

malaria

vector-borne

portals of entry

respiratory passages
GI tract
skin
mucous membranes
GU tract
eyes
blood vessels

portals of exit

respiratory secretions
feces
blood
semen
vaginal secretions
saliva
skin lesion exudates