Prepared By:

HANNAH MARIE M. BAGU, RN

MSN 1st year – 2nd Semester

are illness due to an infectious agent or toxic products that are transmitted directly or indirectly to a well person through an agency, and a vector or an inanimate object.

RubivirusForscheimer Rash14-21 days1 wk before and

4days after the onset of rashes

Direct contact, airborne

MorbilivirusKoplik’s spot4days before and

5days after the appearance of rash

Airborne, contact & droplet

Varicella-Zoster zvirus10-12 daysDirect contact to the

skin lesion, indirect cintact via fomites & airborne

A day before eruption of the first lesion up to five days after the appearance of the last crop

“center out”

DIPHTHERIACorynebacterium

Diphtheriae – Klebs Lofer Bacilus

2-5days2-4wks for untreated1-2days for treated

patient

WHOOPING COUGHa.k.a PertussisBodella Pertussis7-14days7days after exposure

up to 3wks paroxysms

TETANUSa.k.a Lock JawClostridium TetaniDirect contactRisus Sardonicus

HEAD LICE

ASCARIASIS