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Investigative Techniques > Epidemiologic Methods > Chain of Infection
Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Chain of Infection
Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Chain of Infection
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Epidemiologic Methods > Chain of Infection

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Chain of Infection  

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Definition

  • A sequence of infection transmission from infectious agent leaving DISEASE RESERVOIR or host through a portal of exit, conveyed by some mode of transmission, and entering through a portal of entry to infect a susceptible host.

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