Communicable Disease

Let us pray.
1 2
TARW – caused by VIRUS NEAC – caused by BACTERIA
3 4
WROMRIGN – caused by FUNGUS
LETEATH’S TOFO – caused by FUNGUS
5 6
CKOJ’S TICH – caused by FUNGUS GUEDEN – Bites from dengue-carrier mosquito
7 8
RIALAMA – Bites from malaria- LOSISTUBERUC – Caused by BACTERIA
carrier mosquito
9 10
FLUENZAIN – Caused by
VIRUS in the respiratory MONIAPNEU –
Caused by VIRUS in the
lung
• Are diseases that are transmissible from
one host to another.
Group
Activity
Dear Naomi,
Put your I received your text message about the Factors that Influence Disease Transmission. Anyway,
thank you for this opportunity to share to you what I learned in my medical training.
thinking As far as I can remember, the following are factors that influence disease transmission. 1)
Environmental Factors. Sanitation and sanitation facilities can affect the transmission of diseases where
cap on! food and water can become contaminated because of poor sanitation. Pollution also plays a major role in
disease transmission as evidenced by floods during the rainy season. These floods were the culprits in the
spread of Leptospirosis. In addition, Climate also takes its role as an environmental factor. In our country
we only have the dry and wet seasons where various microorganisms that can cause morbidity can thrive
on each of these seasons.
2) Socio-economic Factors. Cultural practices influence disease transmission. For instance,
there are some places in the Cordilleras where people drink wine after a tiring day of planting and when
they drink they use one glass to show unity. I also experience one practice among the Ilocanos, in a barrio
where I had my medical practice, that all the members of the family are to wash their hands in one basin
of water before they eat.
Another way of transmitting disease is through Living arrangements in some cultures where
people tend to live near their livestock without knowing that these can be sources of diseases. Prostitution
due to economic factors where the poor tend to engage themselves into this activity is one avenue for the
transmission of communicable diseases as well.
There are other factors, but for now these are the things I can share you. I encourage you to
read books that can give you more information. I hope you can share these with your family and friends so
they can avoid getting diseases.
Have a nice day,
Calvin Paul
If you answered all correctly then you are skillful in analyzing the definitions and can
write the sequence of the chain of infection correctly. Therefore, you are considered
an Advanced Student.
If you got 7-9 correct answers then you have some skills in analyzing the definitions
and in writing the sequence of the chain of infection correctly. So this makes you a
Proficient Student.
If your score is 4-6, then you need more skills in analyzing the definitions and in
writing the sequence of the chain of infection correctly. You are Approaching
Proficiency.
But if you scored 1-3, then you really need some more skills in analyzing the
definitions and in writing the sequence of the chain of infection correctly. You are still
Developing.
The danger is if you got zero then you are just beginning to learn skills in and
Analyzing the subject.
1. How does sanitation and its facilities
affect the transmission of disease?
Pollution? Climate?
2. How does the socio-economic factors

affect the transmission of disease?
Group
Activity
Peter joined the school fun run, his desire is to win so he
didn't mind if he was stepping on water wherein his feet
was soaked. Even if this feels uncomfortable because his
feet were very itchy, he only removed his socks that
evening that’s why it was very smelly.
He hanged it at the back of the refrigerator to dry and

immediately went to sleep because he was so tired.
Early that morning, his brother John saw that sock hanged
at the back of the refrigerator and used it thinking that it
was clean.
Fungus
JHON WATER
The Chain
of Infection
When Peter
FEET stepped on the
WATER
Through
the SOCK
How
Adopt proper isolation
for the sick.
No human contact.
Keep both hands clean
and perform hand
hygiene properly.
Do not share towels

and other personal
items.
Maintain environmental hygiene to
prevent breeding of insects /
mosquitoes, e.g. prevent
accumulation of stagnant water.
Perform hand hygiene

before meals and after going
to the toilet.
Cover mouth and nose when sneezing or
coughing. Use tissue papers to contain
respiratory secretions and dispose them in
garbage bins with lid.
Seek medical advice

immediately if Unwell.
“THE CHAIN LETTER”
(1)___________is a disease-causing organism which includes bacteria, virus, parasitic worm,

protozoa, and fungi and lives in the ( 2 ) ____________ which can be a living or non-living object.
In order to be transmitted, the pathogen leaves the reservoir through the (3) _____________.
Examples include the mouth, nose, anus, and other special body openings. The pathogen is then
passed through a direct or indirect (4) ______________from one host to the next host. It is
transmitted through a living vector like a mosquito or flea. Some diseases like malaria have
complicated life cycles involving more than one species. Some are transmitted by respiratory
droplets, while others are through blood contact, semen or other secretions. Hand-to-mouth is a
common mode for gastrointestinal pathogens. The organism enters the body through the (5)
____________. such as the nose, skin, or mouth. The portal of entry determines the type of
personal protective equipment (PPE) to use to keep health care workers, family and visitors safe in
the hospital. The ( 6) ______________is a person with low immunity to disease. This includes the
very old, and the immune suppressed (due to genetics, transplant drugs, malnutrition, or viral
infection like HIV).
-Michelle Ziegler, Contagions,wordpress.com
“THE CHAIN LETTER”
(1)PATHOGEN is a disease-causing organism which includes bacteria, virus, parasitic worm,

protozoa, and fungi and lives in the ( 2 ) RESERVOIR which can be a living or non-living object. In
order to be transmitted, the pathogen leaves the reservoir through the (3) PORTAL OF EXIT.
Examples include the mouth, nose, anus, and other special body openings. The pathogen is then
passed through a direct or indirect (4) MODE OF TRANSMISSION from one host to the next host.
It is transmitted through a living vector like a mosquito or flea. Some diseases like malaria have
complicated life cycles involving more than one species. Some are transmitted by respiratory
droplets, while others are through blood contact, semen or other secretions. Hand-to-mouth is a
common mode for gastrointestinal pathogens. The organism enters the body through the (5)
PORTAL OF ENTRY. such as the nose, skin, or mouth. The portal of entry determines the type of
personal protective equipment (PPE) to use to keep health care workers, family and visitors safe in
the hospital. The ( 6) SUSCEPTIBLE HOST is a person with low immunity to disease. This
includes the very old, and the immune suppressed (due to genetics, transplant drugs, malnutrition,
or viral infection like HIV).
-Michelle Ziegler, Contagions,wordpress.com
• Read and study the Types of Pathogens
• PE and HEALTH LM pages 317 - 320

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Let us pray.

Have a nice day,

2. How does the socio-economic factors

He hanged it at the back of the refrigerator to dry and

Do not share towels

Perform hand hygiene

Seek medical advice

(1)___________is a disease-causing organism which includes bacteria, virus, parasitic worm,

(1)PATHOGEN is a disease-causing organism which includes bacteria, virus, parasitic worm,

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