# source of infection

> is the site from which organisms are transmitted to a susceptible host, either directly or indirectly through an intermediary object, such as fecal-oral, fecal-soil, excreta, tissue, food, seafood/shellfish, dairy, edible plant, water.

**Wikidata**: [Q11494956](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11494956)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/source-of-infection


## References

1. [Source](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5050189/)