Indirect transmission… Air Borne 8 Droplet nuclei Dust
Vector Borne 9 Mechanical Biological
Indirect transmission… Unclean hand and fingers 10
Modes of outbreak transmission 11 Common source Point Continuous Intermittent Person to person Index case with limited spread Propagated Mixed Other
Point source outbreak Single event Common incubation period 12
Continuous common source outbreak Broader incubation period Exposure to the source is prolonged 13
Intermittent common source outbreak Could be seasonal or weather related or a result of common exposure 14
Propagated outbreak People are infected through a source and ultimately they become source too No. of people increases in every generation 15
Index case with limited spread Single index infects other people Outbreak wanes when the infected people no longer transmit the infection to other susceptible people, perhaps because of successful control measures 16
Mixed epidemic Features of both common-source epidemics and propagated epidemics Common-source outbreak followed by secondary person-to-person spread 17