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During the incubation period a person is exposed to a disease may not show symptoms
There does not appear to be a period of time that a cold is least contagious. Scientists believe that a person who has the common cold can be contagious for a few days before their symptoms begin right up until the time when their symptoms subside. This period of time could take up to two weeks. However, the period of time when a cold is most contagious is usually when the symptoms are at their worst, usually 2 to 4 days into the cold.
Yes, parotitis is highly contagious. This disease can be contagious for up to 4 days after the person starts showing symptoms.
A person can be contagious with a virus like the flu for a day or two before they even notice their own symptoms. So if you are around them during that time frame and in close or direct contact with them, the potential exists for you to come down with the flu.
The person wishing to inquire about meningitis symptoms can call his/her local physician's office, or health department, as it is a highly-contagious, mosquito-borne illness that is a threat to public safety.
No, it is not contagious and cannot be spread from person to person.
A person who has occupational asthma has one or more symptoms, including coughing, shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, and wheezing. Symptoms may appear less than 24 hours after the person is first exposed.
The most contagious time period is the three to five days before symptoms begin through about four days after the characteristic measles rash has begun to appear.
An infected person with HIV is contagious soon after initial infection. The highest risk of transmission is during the initial infection, and at the end stage near death.
Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease can be contagious for several days or even several weeks depending on the virus. This disease has no cure.
I'm pretty sure they're not contagious but they can pass the disease onto their children if they have any. My older brother is a carrier of tuberculosis but doesn't have any symptoms of it himself and isn't contagious.
If you were exposed, and have not developed symptoms yet. Then you are fine. As soon as your symptoms occur, seek medical treatment and let the doctors know about the exposure.