Translations:Basic Field Epi: Course Resource Book/264/en

  • Indirectly where the infectious agent is passed from one animal to another via other living and non-living things.
    • Living things (intermediate host) that can transmit some infectious diseases include insects such as mosquitoes in spreading Malaria between humans or ticks in spreading Babesia between cattle and many other animals or insects.
    • Non-living things that can transmit some infectious agents include feed, equipment, clothing, needles and syringes.