What is a reservoir, and why can C. difficile use a fomite as an effective environmental reservoir?

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together. An environment where pathogenic micro organisms can survive and propagate, potentially infecting susceptible individuals is known as which of the following is it answer choice. A, a vector answer choice B reservoir, answer choice C host or answer choice D transmission route. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following answer choices is the term that describes that environment in which pathogenic microorganisms can survive and propagate. So in order to solve this question, we have to recall what we have learned about each of the following answer choices to determine which term refers to that environment where the pathogenic microorganisms can survive and propagate. And we can recall that a natural setting or source where infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses or parasites persist and can susceptible people from is termed a reservoir and a reservoir can include living things such as humans or animal hosts as well as inanimate objects such as environmental reservoirs where the infectious agents can persist and eventually infect susceptible people from. So looking at our answer choices, we can identify answer choice B assir as the correct answer and all other answer choices are incorrect. So answer choice B reservoir is the only answer choice that refers to that environment where the pathogenic micro organisms can survive and propagate potentially infecting the susceptible individuals. So answer choice B is the correct answer. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.

What is a reservoir, and why can C. difficile use a fomite as an effective environmental reservoir?

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Reservoir in Microbiology

Fomites as Environmental Reservoirs

Clostridioides difficile Survival and Transmission