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    The fecaloral route (also called the oralfecal route or orofecal route) describes a particular route of transmission of a disease wherein pathogens in...
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    Anilingus (redirect from Oral-anal contact)
    Safer sex practices generally revolve around hygiene so as to prevent fecaloral route transmission of diseases. Extra precautions include STI testing, dental...
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    human feces and preventing spread of pathogens from human feces by the fecaloral route are the main goals of sanitation. The Bristol stool scale is a medical...
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  • by the fecal-oral route, such as cholera. Differences in incidence of such diseases between different groups can also throw light on the routes of transmission...
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    human pathogens, and ordinarily its members are transmitted by the fecaloral route. Coxsackieviruses share many characteristics with poliovirus. With...
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    Poliovirus, as well as coxsackie and echovirus, is spread through the fecaloral route. Infection can result in a wide variety of symptoms, including those...
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    those with other health problems. The virus is usually spread by the fecaloral route. This may be through contaminated food or water or person-to-person...
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    that will stop the transmission of disease, especially through the fecaloral route. For example, diarrhea, a main cause of malnutrition and stunted growth...
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    through fecaloral transmission (e.g. poor hygiene, or by ingestion of food or water contaminated by human feces), or via the oraloral route. Those who...
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    depending on the coronavirus species, by either an aerosol, fomite, or fecal-oral route. Human coronaviruses infect the epithelial cells of the respiratory...
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    major causes for the spread of waterborne diseases in a community. The fecaloral route is a disease transmission pathway for waterborne diseases.[citation...
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  • from toilets which likely contains pathogens that may spread by the fecaloral route. Blackwater can contain feces, urine, water and toilet paper from flush...
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    immune systems are otherwise compromised. Transmission is via the fecaloral route, and most illness has been through distribution of contaminated raw...
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    found in shellfish and plankton. Transmission is usually through the fecal-oral route of contaminated food or water caused by poor sanitation. Most cholera...
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    or both. C. difficile is transmitted from person to person by the fecal-oral route. The organism forms heat-resistant spores that are not killed by alcohol-based...
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    particularly severe and can be fatal. It is primarily spread through the fecal-oral route, often through contaminated water; recent evidence suggests that it...
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    These issues can lead to the spread of diseases transmitted via the fecal-oral route, or the transmission of waterborne diseases such as cholera and dysentery...
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  • is typically shed in feces by healthy cats, and transmitted by the fecal-oral route to other cats. In environments with multiple cats, the transmission...
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    Vertebrates such as humans serve as the natural hosts. Transmission routes are fecal-oral and blood. Following ingestion, HAV enters the bloodstream through...
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    of methods to infect animal hosts, including physical contact, the fecaloral route, free-living infectious stages, and vectors, suiting their differing...
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    infects humans via the fecal-oral route. Eggs released by adult females are shed in feces. Unfertilized eggs are often observed in fecal samples but never...
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    2013[update]). If true, D. fragilis is probably transmitted by the fecal-oral route. Prior to the report of this cyst stage in the lifecycle of Dientamoeba...
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    Clostridioides difficile is transmitted from person or animal to person by the fecal-oral route, shed in faeces. The organism forms heat-resistant aero-tolerant spores...
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    is in close contact with another person. This may occur by either fecaloral route, airborne transmission or small droplets containing the virus. Less...
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    which the substance is applied. Common examples include oral and intravenous administration. Routes can also be classified based on where the target of action...
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    with saliva (oral-oral) or feces (fecaloral route), but mainly through the oraloral route. Consistent with these transmission routes, the bacteria...
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    ulcerations, which can be 2–4 mm in size. Typically spreads via the fecal-oral route or via respiratory droplets. A diagnosis can be made from clinical...
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    plants in agriculture. Coprophilous fungi Fecal bacteriotherapy Faecal transplant Fecaloral route, a route of disease transmission Gomutra Kopi luwak...
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    infected persons and is spread primarily through the fecal-oral route. Respiratory secretions and oral-oral methods have also shown to be modes of transmission...
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    typhoid. S. enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi is spread by the fecal-oral route from people who are infected and from asymptomatic carriers of the...
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