Republic of the Philippines

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Province of Laguna
College of Arts and Sciences

TRANSMITTED DISEASE
 REPORTERS

JOLINA ANGELU VELASQUEZ SALAMAT

JOMAR SOLOMINIANO JOYOSA

CHARLES DOMINIC SULIT URRIZA

 INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE TRANSMITTED FROM
PERSON TO PERSON BY DIRECT OR INDIRECT.CERTAIN TYPES
OF VIRUSES,BACTERIA,PARASITES CAN ALL CAUSE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE. INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE OFTEN
SPREAD THROUGH DIRECT CONTACT INCLUDE.

 PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT

INFECTIOUS DISEASES ARE COMMONLY TRANSMITTED

THROUGH DIRECT PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT.

• TRANSMISSION OCCURS WHEN AN INFECTED PERSON

TOUCHES OR EXCHANGES BODY FLUIDS WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

• THIS CAN HAPPEN BEFORE AN INFECTED PERSON IS AWARE

OF THE ILLNESS.

• SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STDs) CAN BE

TRANSMITTED THIS WAY.

• PREGNANT WOMEN CAN ALSO TRANSMIT INFECTIOUS DISEASE

TO THEIR UNBORN CHILDREN VIA PLACENTA.

INCLUDING GONORRHEA, CAN BE PASSED FROM MOTHER TO

BABY DURING CHILD BIRTH.
TRICHOMONIASIS (TRICH)

IS AN STD THAT’S CURED BY ANTIBIOTICS.

IT’S COMMON, AND MOST PEOPLE WITH
TRICH DON’T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS.

SYPHILIS

COMMON BACTERIAL INFECTION THAT

SPREAD THROUGH SEX.SYPHILIS IS EASILY
CURED WITH ANTIBIOTICS MEDICINE,BUT IT
CAN CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE IF YOU
DON’T GET TREATED.

SCABIES

AN ITCHY SKIN CONDITION CAUSED BY TINY

PARASITES IT’S PASS THROUGH SKIN TO
SKIN CONTACT, USUALLY DURING
SEX.SCABIES ISN’T DANGEROUS AND CAN BE
CURED.

PUBIC LICE

ALSO KNOWN AS CRABS-SMALL PARASITES

THAT ATTACHED TO THE SKIN AND HAIR
NEAR YOUR GENITALS.CRABS AREN’T
DANGEROUS,THEY’RE USUALLY PRETTY
EASY TO GET RID OF.

MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM
AN INFECTION THAT CAUSE SMALL BUMPS
ON YOUR SKIN.YOU GET IT THROUGH
TOUCHING INFECTED SKIN,INCLUDING
DURING SEX.IT GOES AWAY BY ITSELF AND
ISN’T DANGEROUS.

HPV

HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS-IT MOST COMMON

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION.HPV IS
USUALLY HARMLESS AND GOES AWAY BY
ITSELF.BUT SOMETIMES CAN LEAD TO
CANCER OR GENITAL WARTZ.

HERPES

COMMON VIRUS THAT CAUSES SORES ON

YOUR GENITALS AND OR MOUTH.HERPES
CAN BE ANNOYING OR PAINFUL,BUT IT
USUALLY DOESN’T LEAD TO SERIOUS
HEALTH PROBLEMS.

HIV

A VIRUS THAT CAUSES AIDS.IT DAMAGES

YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, MAKING IT EASIER
FOR YOU TO GET SICK.HIV IS SPREAD
DURING SEX,BUT CONDOMS CAN HELP
PROTECT YOU.
 HEPATITIS B

SOMETIMES A FATAL HEPATITIS CAUSED BY A DOUBLE

STRANDED DNA VIRUS(SPECIES HEPATITIS B VIRUS OF THE GENUS
ORTHOHEPADNAVIRUS,FAMILY HEPADNAVIRIDAE)THAT TENDS TO
PERSIST IN THE BLOOD SERUM AND ITS TRANSMITTED ESPECIALLY
BY CONTACT WITH INFECTED BLOOD OR OTHER BODILY FLUIDS(AS
SEMEN)

 DROPLET SPREAD
 • THE SPRAY OF DROPLETS DURING COUGHING AND SNEEZING
CAN SPREAD AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

• YOU CAN EVEN INFECT ANOTHER PERSON THROUGH

DROPLETS CREATED WHEN YOU SPEAK .

• DROPLETS FALL TO THE GROUND WITHIN A FEW FEET.THIS

TYPE OF TRANSMISSION REQUIRES CLOSE PROXIMITY.

INDIRECT CONTACT
• INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAN ALSO BE SPREAD INDIRECTLY
THROUGH THE AIR AND OTHER MECHANISMS.

 AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION
• SOME INFECTIOUS AGENTS CAN TRAVEL LONG
DISTANCES AND REMAIN SUSPENDED IN THE AIR FOR AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

 MEASLES

AN ACUTE CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT IS

CAUSED BY MORBILLIVIRUS (SPECIES MEASLES VIRUS)
AND IS MARKED ESPECIALLY BY AN ERUPTION OF
DISTINCT RED CIRCULAR SPOTS.
 CONTAMINATED OBJECTS

• SOME ORGANISMS CAN LIVE ON OBJECTS FOR A SHORT TIME.

• IF YOU TOUCH AN OBJECT SUCH AS DOORKNOB, SOON AFTER

A INFECTED PERSON,YOU MIGHT BE EXPOSED TO INFECTION.

• TRANSMISSION OCCURS WHEN YOU TOUCH YOUR MOUTH,

NOSE OR EYES BEFORE THOROUGHLY WASHING YOUR HANDS.

• GERMS CAN ALSO BE SPREAD THROUGH CONTAMINATED

BLOOD PRODUCTS AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
 FOOD AND DRINKING WATER

• INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAN BE TRANSMITTED VIA

CONTAMINATED FOOD AND WATER.E COLI IS OFTEN
TRANSMITTED THROUGH IMPROPERLY HANDLED PRODUCED
OR UNDERCOOKED MEAT.

• IMPROPERLY CANNED FOODS CAN CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT

RIPE FOR CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM WHICH CAN LEAD TO
BOTULISM.
 ANIMAL TO PERSON CONTACT

• SOME INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAN BE TRANSMITTED FROM AN

ANIMAL TO A PERSON.

• THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN AN INFECTED ANIMAL BITES OR

SCRATCHES YOU OR WHEN YOU HANDLE ANIMAL WASTE.

• TOXOPLASMA GONDII PARASITES CAN BE FOUND IN CAT

FECES.

• PREGNANT WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE

SYSTEMS SHOULD BE EXTRA CARE

 ANIMAL RESERVOIRS

• ANIMAL TO ANIMAL DISEASE CAN ALSO SOMETIMES TRANSFER

TO HUMAN.

• ZOONOSIS OCCUR WHEN DISEASES ARE TRANSFERRED FROM

ANIMALS TO PEOPLE.

• ZOONOTIC DISEASE INCLUDES:

 ANTHRAX FROM SHEEP

 RABIES FROM RODENTS AND OTHER MAMMALS

 WEST NILE VIRUS FROM BIRDS

 PLAGUE FROM RODENTS

 INSECT BITES(VECTOR BOURNE DISEASE)

• TRANSMIT BY INSECTS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT SUCK

BLOODS.

• THESE INCLUDES MOSQUITOS,FLEAS AND TICKS.

• THE DISEASES IS TRANSMITTED WHEN THE INFECTED INSECT

BITES A NEW HOST.

 MALARIA

 WEST NILE VIRUS

 LIME DISEASE
 ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS

• SOIL, WATER, AND VEGETATION CONTAINING INFECTIOUS

ORGANISM CAN ALSO BE TRANSFERRED TO PEOPLE.

• HOOKWORM FOR EXAMPLE CAN TRANSMITTED THROUGH

CONTAMINATED SOIL.

• LEGIONARES DISEASE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A DISEASE THAT CAN

BE SPREAD BY WATER THAT CAN SUPPLIES COOLING TOWERS
AND EVAPORATIVE CONDENSER.
 HOW TO PREVENT??

 IF YOU WORK IN OR VISIT A CARE CENTER,A DAY CARE

CENTER,A HOSPITAL,OR A DOCTORS OFFICE RAKE ETRA
PRECAUTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF.

 ILLNESS

 FOODBOURNE ILLNESS

 INSECT AND ANIMALS

 VACCINATION

TIPS

• WASH YOUR HAND OR USE SANITIZER

• AVOID TOUCHING YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE WITH YOUR HAND.

• AVOID SICK PEOPLE IF POSSIBLE.

• WEAR DISPOSABLE GLOVES TO AVOID CONTACT WITH BLOOD

AND FECES.

• USE DISPOSABLE GLOVES WHEN CARING FOR AN ILL PERSON.

• COVER YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU SNEEZE OR COUGH AND

WASH YOUR HAND AFTERWARD,

• TEACH CHILDREN NOT TO PUT THEIR HANDS OR OBJECTS IN

THEIR MOUTH.