Aug 22, 2024 · Module 2 of the CDC NERD Academy curriculum introduces disease transmission and control. Use module 2 to help you students answer the question, "How does disease …

Sep 23, 2022 · Infectious diseases are commonly transmitted through direct person-to-person contact. Transmission occurs when a person with an infectious disease touches or exchanges …

Mar 3, 2025 · Find out what you need to know about how diseases spread, how to prevent contagious diseases, and how they affect health.

Understanding how infectious pathogens spread is critical to preventing infectious disease. Many pathogens require a living host to survive, while others may be able to persist in a dormant …

Mar 13, 2025 · How does globalization influence the spread of infectious diseases, and what insights can we draw from historical pandemics to inform future health policies?

But do face masks really protect against the spread of infectious respiratory diseases, like SARS and COVID-19? And, if so, just how effective are they? When it comes to controlling the …

Nov 17, 2025 · Learn how Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E spread from person to person along the fecal-oral route and how to prevent fecal-oral spread.

Ways infectious diseases spread Germs can spread through: the air as small droplets (droplet spread) or tiny aerosol particles (airborne spread) contact with faeces (poo) and then with the …

Feb 27, 2019 · Prion diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are dreaded neurological diseases with a progressive course, and are invariably fatal. They …

Dec 7, 2023 · Learn about infection and transmission of diseases, including how pathogens spread and ways to prevent the spread of infections.