title: [Mechanism of the transmission of the causative agents of infectious diseases].
abstract: Another interpretation, differing from the commonly acknowledged one, of the transfer mechanism is presented. The factors transporting pathogens in the body are the integral part of the transfer mechanism. They ensure the interrelation of the infectious and epidemic processes. In typical contact infections these factors function integrally as the transfer mechanism consisting of two components. This is the sum total of environment and internal factors, specific for a given pathogenic species. These factors ensure the travel of the pathogens from an infected body to a new one. From this viewpoint, the source of infection cannot be an independent element of the infectious process. It is only a transfer factor. The localization of the pathogen, constituting just one of the stages of its travel route in the body, cannot determine the specificity of the transfer mechanism. Its specificity depends on the properties of the pathogen.
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic
vernacular_title: K voprosu o mekhanizme peredachi vozbuditeleĭ infektsionnykh bolezneĭ.