communicable diseases
Spreadable medical conditions
Communicable diseases are illnesses that spread from person to person or from animals to humans—infections transmitted through direct contact, airborne particles, contaminated water, or vectors like mosquitoes.
The term appears most often in public health contexts: communicable disease prevention, reporting requirements for communicable diseases.
Common examples include influenza, tuberculosis, and COVID-19.
- bloodborneCarried via circulation
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- airborneTraveling through air
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
bacteria · zoonotic · parasites · handwashing · pathogen · germ theory · infectious diseases · outbreak · epidemic · spread like wildfire · droplet · incubation period · protozoa · contagion · super spreader · patient zero · prions · contact tracing
- public healthimmunization, health education, epidemiology, community health, health policy
- health educationhealth education, health curriculum, school health, health literacy, health videos
- school healthschool nurse, school nurses, school clinics, health office, nurse office
- infectious diseasescholera, anthrax, malaria, measles, flu
- health datablood pressure, heart rate, pulse, weight, height
- quarantinemandatory quarantine, quarantine period, quarantine facilities, quarantine laws, quarantine stations
communicable diseasesdegenerative diseases
Conditions causing gradual deterioration
lifestyle diseases · chronic diseases · autoimmune diseases · genetic disorders · hereditary diseases
communicable diseasesgenetic disorders
Conditions caused by mutations
hereditary diseases · genetic syndromes · Down syndrome · cystic fibrosis · sickle cell disease
communicable diseaseshereditary conditions
Illnesses passed through families
birth defects · developmental disorders · nutritional deficiencies · occupational diseases