Question

JoAnn has a cold. She is coughing up mucus (a respiratory secretion) from her lungs. JoAnn is the in the chain of transmission. The mucus from her cough is the in the chain of transmission.

Answer 1

The options to choose from are: portal of exit, reservoir, portal of entry

The answers are JoAnn is the reservoir in the chain of transmission. The mucus from her cough is the portal of exit in the chain of transmission.

JoAnn is the reservoir because the cold is stored in her body. The mucus is the portal of exit because it is being coughed up outside the body.

Answer 2

The mucus is the exit portal.

Step-by-step explanation:

To understand the relationships between the different elements that lead to the onset of a communicable disease, the traditional scheme is called the epidemiological chain, also known as the chain of infection.

The chain of infection is divided into three components: the causal agent, the reservoir and the exit port.

In the case of the above question, the causative agent is the cold virus, the reservoir is JoAnn, and the exit port is mucus that JoAnn is expelling.

The path by which an infectious agent leaves its host is generally referred to as the exit door.