airborne disease
Inhaled infectious condition
An airborne disease spreads through pathogens suspended in the air—typically via droplets or aerosols expelled when infected people cough, sneeze, or breathe.
Measles, tuberculosis, and COVID-19 are examples.
The term distinguishes diseases transmitted through air from those spread by contact, contaminated water, or vectors like mosquitoes.
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- common coldMild respiratory virus
- dropletsMinute liquid globules
- droplet transmissionDisease spread through tiny expelled fluids
- sneezeExplosive nasal reflex
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- airborne diseasesmeasles, tuberculosis, chickenpox, influenza, whooping cough
- Environmental Healthair pollution, water pollution, toxic exposure, hazardous waste, emissions
- tuberculosisTB, tubercle, tuberculosis, active TB, cavitation
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Illness transmitted through blood
waterborne disease · sexually transmitted disease · waterborne illness · mosquito-borne disease · tick-borne disease
airborne diseasegenetic disease
Illness caused by mutations
hereditary disease · autoimmune disease · degenerative disease · metabolic disease · occupational disease
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