Communicable Disease and Infectious Disease.

Communicable Disease and Infectious Disease.

1. Discuss the principles related to the occurrence and transmission of communicable and infectious diseases.
2. Describe the three focus areas in Healthy People 2020 and the objectives that apply to communicable and infectious diseases.
3. Identify and discuss nursing activities for the control of infectious diseases at primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention.
4. Present your assignment in an APA format word document.
5. Arial 12 font.
6. A minimum of 3 evidence-based references.
7. A minimum of 700 words is required

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Infectious and Communicable Diseases

Principles Related To Transmission and Occurrence of Infectious and Communicable Diseases

            A communicable or an infectious disease is an illness which as a result of definite biological agents has the capability of being indirectly or directly conveyed from human to human, from the environment to human, from animal to animal or from animal to human. For an infectious disease to occur or be transmitted to an individual, a process involving six related components need to occur.

            First, there must be the existence of an etiological agent. They include; protozoa, bacteria, virus, fungi among others. 

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