NOTES ON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Important Terms: (keywords)

 Infection - entry, implantation, replication of an

organism into a host, causing immunologic
response.

 Carrier - harbors the organism; does not show

manifestations

 Communicable dse - transmitted directly or

indirectly thru an agent, vector

 Contact - close association

 Contagious dse - easily transmitted

 Disinfection - destruction of pathogens

 a

 All contagious/infectious dses are communicable

dses, but not all communicable dses are
contagious/infectious.