Question

what is indirect transmission

Answer 1

Indirect transmission of diseases occurs when a disease is transmitted from an affected individual to a healthy individual by intermediate agents or vectors.

The means of indirect transmission are;

• Through air. E.g, common cold etc.
• Through contaminated water and food. E.g, typhoid, polio etc.
• Through vectors like mosquitoes, mites etc. E.g, malaria, dengue etc.