When an infectious disease is spread by contact transmission, the source releases the microbe into the air, usually by breathing, coughing, or spitting, and the host is exposed.

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Contact transmission occurs when there is direct or indirect physical contact between an infected source and a susceptible host, not through the release of microbes into the air. Airborne transmission involves microbes being expelled into the air.

When an Infectious Disease Is Spread by Contact Transmission, the Source