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How are bacteria and viruses spread?

Answer:
  • Through person to person contact (ex. tuberculosis, chicken pox)
  • Some require close or intimate contact in order to be transmitted (ex. HIV)
  • Through air
  • Through contamination of food and water (cholera, typhoid)
  • Through contact with contaminated vectors (ex. animals)
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