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Diseases passed from person to person through the air or by contact are .?
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∙ 7y ago
They can cause many different illnesses.
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∙ 7y agoContagious or communicable.
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Infectious diseases that are passed from person to person during sexual contact is called sexually?
sexually transmitted disease or STD
What kind of disease can be passed from one person to another?
Diseases that can be passed to anther person would be those communicable diseases specifically those that can be contracted through infected fluids of the body, infected food and the like.
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
Why are communicable diseases potentially more dangerous than non-communicable diseases in a community?
Because non-communicable diseases are not passed from one person to another - communicable diseases are.
What is called a disease which spreads from one person to another?
Germs that spread from person to person to cause diseases are contagions.People who are then infected with the germ, only during the active phase of the germ's "life", are then referred to as being contagious.
What diseases can be passed through person to person?
i think meningitis
Infectious diseases that are passed from person to person during sexual contact is called sexually?
sexually transmitted disease or STD
What kind of disease can be passed from one person to another?
Diseases that can be passed to anther person would be those communicable diseases specifically those that can be contracted through infected fluids of the body, infected food and the like.
How does a person inherit disease?
Through their genes - or during pregnancy ! Many diseases can (and usually are) passed down from the mother to the foetus through the umbilical cord.
When a disease can be passed from person to person it is referred to as a diseases?
Communicable or Contagious.
How are infrctious diseases spread?
Infectious diseases spread either by person to person contact, or indirectly by a vector or a fomite.
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
What are long term diseases that cannot be passed from person to person?
One of theses is Cancer.
Why are more people dying now from non-infectious diseases than before?
Non communicable diseases, such as cancer, are not contagious and are therefor not passed from person to person. Communicable diseases such as TB or AIDS can be passed around from person to person. So of course, that would be the reason for the spreading.
How can diseases get from one person to another?
Contact to a person directly, or indirect contact with a person such as touching a door knob after a sick person touched it
What are cummunicable diseases?
Communicable diseases are diseases that can be passed from one person to another. These include all STDs, such as AIDS, as well as many other diseases.
Are there 5 ways bacteria can enter the human body?
yes they can be ingested via digest tract, inhaled whilst breathing passed on through direct contact ( touching infected person, sexual contact) passed on through indirect contact (touching an object that an infected person has touched previously) injected by anything that pierces the skin (needles insect bites)
