contagious disease
Illness that spreads
A contagious disease spreads from person to person through direct or indirect contact—touching, breathing shared air, or handling contaminated surfaces.
The term emphasizes transmissibility between individuals, distinguishing it from infectious diseases that may require other vectors like mosquitoes.
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known.
- infectiousAble to spread disease
- rubeolaMedical term for measles
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- herd immunityWidespread resistance protecting all
- superspreaderUnusually contagious infected person
quarantine · patient zero · vaccination · wash your hands · measles · transmissible · close contact · diphtheria · pathogen · epidemic · contact tracing · public health · scarlatina · scarlet fever · virus · sickness · sick day · fever dream
- public healthimmunization, health education, epidemiology, community health, health policy
- epidemicsepidemic, pandemic, outbreak, Black Death, cholera
- Brain Infectionsmeningitis, encephalitis, bacterial meningitis, viral meningitis, pneumococcus
- divorce groundsadultery, cruelty, desertion, abandonment, infidelity
contagious diseasegenetic condition
hereditary condition · hereditary disease · genetic disorder · inherited disease · genetic disease
disease, diseased, contagious, contagion, contagiousness, noncontagious