horizontal transmission of disease.
- This is the general type of disease transmission from one
organism and /or to other organism or from an individual to other
.
- It can either occurs without a relationship of parental or
progenic.
- It is a type of direct contact transmission of illness.
- It includes contact with mucous membrane , droplets either skin
to skin contact.
vertical transmission of disease.
- this is otherwise called transplacental
transmission.
- Occures inbetween mother to her baby.
- Agents such as TORCH -Toxoplasma gonadii, Rubella
virus, Cytomegalovirus and Herpes virus will cross
placenta.
- Some non living agents like diethylstilbestrol and
thalidomide also transmit vertically.
- In this route the causative agents will produce
malformation in embryo.