Infection Types

Name

Latin, inficere = infect.

• Alimentary infections:

  Parasites are inside food.

• Autoinfections:

  Repeated self-infection with parasites of the same host.

• Endogenous infections:

  Parasites wander from one organ to another inside the same host.

• Exogenous infections:

  Parasites enter from outside the body.

• Inapparent infections:

  Parasites do not induce clearly remarkable symptoms.

• Horizontal infections:

  Transmission of parasites between hosts of the same generation/group.

• Iatrogenic infections:

  In this case the medical doctor or veterinarian transports a parasite from one group of patients to another.

• Inoculative infections:

  Agents are transmitted by bites of vectors.

• Connatal infections:

  Infections during birth.

• Contaminative infections:

  Infections due to infectious stages, e.g., in feces, blood, etc.

• Latent infection:

  Infections with no detectable symptoms (e.g., due to lack of methods).

• Neonatal infections:

  Infections of newborn animals or humans.

• Peroral infections:

  Infections by oral...