communicable disease
Spreadable infectious condition
A communicable disease is an illness that can spread from one person to another, or from animals to humans.
The term covers infections transmitted through air, water, bodily fluids, or contact: Measles is a highly communicable disease.
Public health measures like quarantine and vaccination target communicable diseases specifically.
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- germ theoryDisease caused by microorganisms
- airborne transmissionDisease passage through air
fungi · prions · quarantine · asymptomatic carriers · hygiene practices · wash your hands · outbreak investigation · public health emergency · contact tracing · herd immunity · immune system · parasites · sexual transmission · mortality rate · fever · incubation period · risk factors · cough
- public healthimmunization, health education, epidemiology, health policy, health department
- epidemic controlquarantine zone, quarantine station, outbreak, epidemic, pandemic
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
- quarantinemandatory quarantine, quarantine period, quarantine facilities, quarantine laws, quarantine stations
- Diphtheriadiphtheria, pseudomembrane, DPT vaccine
- Prison Healthcareprison doctor, prison nurse, infirmary, medical staff, sick call
communicable diseasehereditary disease
Condition inherited from parents
genetic disease · inherited disorder · genetic condition · genetic disorder · autoimmune disease
communicable diseasehereditary condition
Genetically transmitted health problem
developmental disorder · genetic condition · genetic disorder · inherited disorder · chromosomal abnormality
communicable diseasecardiovascular disease
Ailment of circulatory organs
diabetes · cancer · obesity · hypertension · stroke
communicate, communication, communicating, communicated, communicative, communicator, communicators, communications, incommunicable