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Everyday we need clean food and water to stay alive and healthy. Unfortunately, not everywhere in the world can food and water be stored or prepared safely. In warm environments food and drinking water can turn bad very quickly, giving viruses the change to spread. In many cases we ourselves are the cause of food- and waterborne virus infections. These viruses are located in our gut - they come out with our poop. When you don’t wash your hands properly after going to the bathroom, you risk infecting yourself when you bring your hands in contact with your mouth. Or you transmit the virus to someone else when you shake their hands for instance or come in contact with food. Ask questions and discuss interesting topics about this transmission type in this forum!

Mosquitoes are not only very annoying when you try to fall asleep, they can also cause many virus infections. By biting and ingesting the blood of an infected person, a mosquito becomes a carrier of a virus. The virus develops inside the mosquito and ends up in its saliva glands. As soon as this happens, the mosquito can spread the virus to other people it bites. Learn more about this type of transmission. Share you questions with the experts of Viruskenner and discuss relevant topics with other students.