The chart explains how patients contracted certain
diseases.
Diseases and Ways Contracted
Disease
Botulism
Tuberculosis
MRSA
Typhus fever
Ways Contracted
A child ate honey before the age of one, and an adult ate canned
green beans
One person inhaled dust particles that were disturbed when
cleaning, and another person inhaled cough droplets
One person was sneezed on, and another person touched a
doorknob
One person was bitten by a tick, and another person was bitten
by mites
Which statement best describes the modes of
transmission for each disease?
Botulism uses a food-borne vector or an insect
vector, tuberculosis uses a food-borne vector, MRSA
uses an airborne vector, and typhus fever uses a
fomite vector.
O Botulism uses an airborne vector or a fomite vector,
tuberculosis uses an insect vector, MRSA uses a
food-borne vector, and typhus fever uses an insect
vector.
Botulism uses a food-borne vector, tuberculosis
uses an airborne vector, MRSA uses a fomite vector
or an airborne vector, and typhus fever uses an
insect vector
Botulism
an airborne vector, tuberculosis uses
a fomite vector or an insect vector, MRSA uses a
food-borne vector, and typhus fever uses a fomite