title: General principles of disease transmission.
authors.affiliation: MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Erie Avenue at Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19135, USA.
authors.forename: Jill A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Janet S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000635:transmission; D016635:Universal Precautions; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission