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What do you call a disease that can spread from person to person?
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∙ 12y ago
Microbes can spread and pass diseases in a number of ways:
1) By direct contact: physical contact (touching etc) with an infected person; sexually-transmitted diseases are passed on this way.
2) By indirect contact: touching something which an infected person has touched eg a towel, door knob, cup etc.
3) By inhalation: breathing in droplets containing microbes which have been produced by sneezing or coughing eg flu, TB, pneumonia.
4) By contaminated food or drink: eating food or drinking water which has been infected by microbes eg typhoid, cholera.
5) By animal vectors: animals can pass microbes on to humans by biting them eg fleas, mosquitoes.
See also http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/biology/health_5.shtml
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoIts called a contagious disease. Contagious meaning it can sread from person to person. This can be either a virus, bacteria or a prion.
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∙ 15y agotransmission
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∙ 14y agocoughing,sneezing,catch it kill it bin it
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How is the spread of foodborne disease similar to the spread of person to person disease?
spread of foodborne dis.due to micro-organisms. spread of person to person disease through contact, air, and many other reasons.
What is a disease that cannot be passed from person to person referred to as?
A disease that does not spread is called a non-communicable disease. It is also known as a chronic disease and are in contrast to communicable diseases, which can be transmitted from person to person.
When and how long is a person able to spread the disease?
Please put the NAME of the disease in your question so people will know what disease you are asking about, so they can answer your question.
Differentiate communicable and non communicable disease?
A communicable disease is a disease that can be transmitted from one person to another. A contagious disease is a communicable disease that is transmitted to many individuals quickly and easily; highly infectious. For example, the pathogen which causes Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever can be spread to people through a tick bite. RMSF is not considered contagious, but it is communicable. Something like impetigo or the common cold is considered to be contagious.
Why is it better to use the term transmission when describing how diseases are spread rather than saying passed from person to person?
because disease is not always spread through humans it can also be spread through animals, water that has be contaminated with feces and food. There are many ways for diseases to be spread
How does a noncommunicable disease spread?
If it is non-communicable, the disease won't be "spread" or transmitted from person to person.
How does parkinson's disease spread to other humans?
Parkinson's disease does not spread from person to person. It is degenerative brain disease and is not contagious.
How is the spread of foodborne disease similar to the spread of person to person disease?
spread of foodborne dis.due to micro-organisms. spread of person to person disease through contact, air, and many other reasons.
How in this disease spread from person to person?
by talking to the person
What is the difference between infectious disease and non-infectious disease?
noncommunicable cannot be spread from one person to another noninfectious cannot be spread from person to person
Is malaria a contagious disease?
Malaria is a serious disease spread by mosquitoes. Malaria is not considered as a contagious disease for a reason that itÕs not spread from person to person through casual contact.
What does one call diseases that do not spread?
A non-communicable disease, or NCD, is a disease which is not contagious.
What Noncommunicable disease?
A disease that cannot be spread from person to person is non-communicable. For example, lung cancer can make a person cough. But they won't give me cancer from coughing (though the cough can still spread viruses or bacteria). A person's Heart disease is not "catch-able".
What is the meaning of infectious disease?
The disease which is spread from person to person is called infectious disease. For example flu is a viral disease through which the other person is infected from the patient
Is Lyme disease is communicable disease?
Lyme disease is comunicable. it can be spread from one person to another.
What is is the spread of disease from one person to another?
CONTAGION
Cardiovascular disease is a non-communicable disease?
A disease that cannot be spread from person to person is non-communicable. For example, lung cancer can make a person cough. But they won't give me cancer from coughing (though the cough can still spread viruses or bacteria). A person's heart disease is not "catch-able".
