- What is airborne infection
- It infects by absorbing dust and dust floating in the air (particles less
than 0.005 mm in diameter). Droplet infection is the size of microbe present
particles.
- When airborne infection
- When an infected person sneezes or coughs etc.
- Pathogen
- Here we will deal with an example of a pathogen (virus, bacteria, fungus)
infected by air infection.
- M.tuberculosis
- Release it with sneezes and coughs of infected persons. It infects various parts.
- Legionella spp.
- It has 50 kinds of bacteria and infects by sucking an aerosol generated in an artificial water system equipment. Symptoms appear in the central nervous system.
- Measles virus
- Varicella virus
- Norovirus
- Varicella virus
Let's think!
- How can we prevent airborne infections?
- Let's further consider the places and cases where airborne infection occurs.
On the next page we will look at 'oral infection'.
