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Modes of Infection / Transmission of Some Biohazardous Agents:

  • some examples; not an exhaustive list;
  • additional suggestions welcome
  • some organisms can infect people via more than one route
1. Ingestion:

E. coli (gastroenteritis)
Salmonella spp. (gastroenteritis)
Mycobacterium tuberculosum (tuberculosis)
Campylobacter spp.
Ecinococcus spp. (tapeworms)
Giardia lamblia.
(Beaver fever)

2. Respiratory Route:

Staphylococcus aureus ( laryingitis)
Streptococcus pyogenes (strep throat)
Streptococcus pneumoniae ( Pneumococcal pneumonia)
Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria)
Influenza virus (influenza)
Mumps virus (mumps)
Varicella virus (chicken pox)
Mycobacterium tuberculosum (tuberculosis)

3. Mucous membranes / innoculation / animal bites:


rabies virus (rabies)
Clostridium tetani (tetanus)
Treponema pallidum (syphilis)
Neisseria gonorroeae (gonorrhea)
Bacilus anthracis (anthrax)
Mycobacterium tuberculosum (tuberculosis)
Influenza virus (influenza)
HIV
Borrelia burgdorfei (Lyme disease, tick transmission)
Q-fever (domestic livestock)
Toxoplasma gondii (toxoplasmosis)

 

 

A selection of MSDSs including some for these and other organisms is available in a binder in the MSDS filing cabinet near CW468 in the Biological Sciences Building. Other MSDSs available from Government of Canada  Population and Public Health Branch (PPHB); formerly the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control (LCDC):
 

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