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Airborne transmission involves particles with a diameter smaller than 5µm. These particles can be carried large distances in the air in aerosol form. Microorganisms that spread via airborne transmission are very difficult to control as special ventilation systems are required. Airborne transmission is also referred to as aerosol transmission.
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d
Airborne
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Malaria is spread by vector transmission. Vector transmission involves animals transporting a pathogen to a susceptible host. In malaria, the female Anopheles mosquito can spread malaria to humans through bites.
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Vector
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This is not the route of malaria transmission. Contact transmission can be either direct or indirect. Direct contact involves pathogens being transferred by direct physical contact, such as touch and sex. Indirect contact involves the transfer of pathogens via an object, e.g. someone sneezing onto a surface that someone else touches.
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Contact
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Droplet transmission involves particles with a diameter larger than 5µm travelling less than 2m. These can come from the respiratory tract, for example, when coughing or sneezing.
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Droplet
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Vertical transmission refers to infections passing down from mothers to children. Examples of diseases that can be transmitted via vertical transmission include hepatitis B and HIV.
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Vertical
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Malaria
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A 41-year-old female presents to her GP with a 1-week history of fever 1 after returning from central Africa. A thick and thin blood smear is carried out and the patient is diagnosed with malaria.

Which of the following is the route of malaria transmission?
a