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Spread of pathogens
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GCSE Biology Mind Map on Spread of pathogens, created by Antonia Rout on 22/04/2017.
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Spread of pathogens
Food
Eating raw or undercooked food
Causes salmonella or diarrhoea
Causes illnesses because large amounts of micro-organisms are in the gut
Touch
Micro-organisms are spread through having direct contact with an infected person
Water
Drinking water containing sewage
Can cause diarrhoea or salmonella
Air/droplet transmission
Coughing, sneezing or talking
Expelling tiny droplets full of pathogens from breathing system
Other people breath in droplets and pathogens they contain
Sharing body fluid
Can be spread through mosquitos
Take infected blood from one person and pass it to another
Animals
Being bit by an infected animal
Pathogens are transferred from animal to you
A break in the skin
Pathogens enter body through cuts, scratches or needle punctures
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