Questions regarding how diseases are transmitted, whether between people or from the environment (including animals) to people.
Questions tagged [disease-transmission]
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Is pneumonia contagious?
If a healthy person is near a person that has pneumonia, is there any risk of infection for the former?
If so, how is it passed on? Is it via coughing / sneezing or skin contact?
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Does the evidence show that handshakes during an office visit are safe?
I am not a germophobe but it is my practice to fist bump rather than shake hands in any medical facility. I'm always taken aback when a medical provider on duty shakes hands. I always insist on fist bumps.
I asked a doctor friend why there isn't a…
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Chagas disease: transmission
I am reading about Chagas disease. It is not clear for me if the transmission from mother to child can be called vector transmission or not, because I read in wikipedia that:
In Chagas-endemic areas, the main mode of transmission is through an
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Scientific way for measuring contagiousness of disease
What is the accepted scientific way to measure how contagious a disease is? If there are more, what is the most accurate method/gold standard, similar to an RCT for effectiveness research? On Wikipedia, I read that 'it is generally thought unethical…
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Can contagious disease transmitted via sharing things?
I wonder is there any chance we can have dangerous contagious disease, such as HIV, herpes, hepatitis, etc via sharing thing with other people?
As I go to fitness center, I share the gym equipment, towel, bath room, steam and sauna room, swimming…
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