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• This is the method of transfer by which the micro-organism moves or is carried from one place to another
• The principal routes of transmission are:
Direct contact
• Human-to-human contact for example:
• Touching, kissing, sexual intercourse or from a pregnant woman to her foetus through the placenta
Indirect contact
• Air-borne (ie coughing or sneezing)
• Vector-borne (ie bite from a mosquito)
• Dirty Equipment (ie touched by infected person)