Contagion
Contagion:
Contagiousness or transmission as a risk factor.
Condition count:
97;
see list of conditions below.
Risk factor subtypes:
mother-to-fetus transmission (5), childbirth transmission (8), surfaces (5), saliva (15), sex (35), oral sex (7), anal sex (8), kissing (15), contaminated water (21), contaminated food (32)
Related risk factors: sex (35), saliva (15), blood (10), transufions, food (38), water (29), animals (45), birds (8), insects (30), mosquitos (12), ticks (9), flies (11)
Risk factors:
Risk Factor Center,
risk factor list
Contagion: Diseases list
The following list of medical conditions
have 'Contagion' or similar
listed as a risk factor in our database:
A
B
C
- Cercarial dermatitis
... contaminated water
- Cervical Cancer
... human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, sexually transmitted diseases, multiple sexual partners, genital warts, early sexual activity
- Chlamydia
... anal sex, multiple sex partners, oral sex, unprotected sex
- Cholera
... contaminated water, contaminated food, flies on food
- Chronic Hepatitis B
... sexual fluids, bodily fluids, bodily fluids
- Chronic Hepatitis C
... mother-to-fetus transmission, sexual activity
- Clostridium perfringens food poisoning
... contaminated meat, reheated meals
- Cold sores
... saliva, kissing
- Common cold
... sneezing, coughing, droplet infection, kissing
- Congenital syphilis
... mother-to-fetus transmission
- Congenital Toxoplasmosis
... undercooked meat, raw meat
- Contagious Diseases
... anal sex, surface contagion, contaminated water, oral sex, contaminated food, saliva, kissing, contagion
- Crohn's disease
... food allergies
- Cryptosporiosis
... contaminated water
- Cyclosporiasis
... contaminated water, contaminated food
- Cysticercosis
... drinking contaminated water or food
- Cytomegalovirus
... semen, saliva, kissing, mother-infant childbirth transmission, cervical secretions, sex, transplacental transmission
D
E
F
- Flu
... sneezing, droplet infection
- Food poisoning
... uncooked hot dogs, undercooked animal products
G
- Genital herpes
... anal sex, oral sex
- Genital warts
... anal sex, sexual activity, childbirth transmission
- Giardia
... untreated water, contaminated water sources
- Gonorrhea
... anal sex, multiple sex partners, oral sex, mother-infant transmission, unprotected sex
- Granuloma inguinale
... sexual activity, unprotected sex
H
- Hepatitis
... contaminated food, sexual activity
- Hepatitis A
... contaminated water, contaminated food, direct contact
- Hepatitis B
... sexual fluids, sexual behavior, close contact with HBV positive people, bodily fluids, bodily fluids
- Hepatitis C
... multiple sex partners, infants born to infected women
- Hepatitis D
... sex with Hepatitis D patient, Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis E
... sex with HepE positive person
- Hepatoma
... hepatitis B
- HIV/AIDS
... anal sex, chlamydial infection, STDs, mother-to-fetus transmission, oral sex, syphilis, mother-infant childbirth transmission, genital herpes, mother-infant transmission, gonorrhea, unprotected sex, unprotected sex
- Hookworm
... contaminated water
- HTLV
... multiple sex partners, syphilis, genital ulcers
- HTLV-1
... multiple sex partners, sexual exposure to HTLV-1 positive partner, syphilis, genital ulcers
I
- Impetigo
... direct contact with blisters
L
- Leprosy
... droplet transmission
- Lichen sclerosis
... uncircumcised men
- Listeriosis
... uncooked hot dogs, mother-to-fetus transmission, undercooked animal products
- Lupus
... mother-infant transmission
M
N
P
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
... anal sex, STDs, unsafe sex, oral sex, multiple sexual partners, douching, prior episode of PID
- Pneumococcal meningitis
... contacts of confirmed meningococcal cases
- Pneumococcal pneumonia
... cough, close contact, sneeze, droplet
- Pneumonic plague
... droplet transmission
- Polio
... contaminated water, contaminated food, saliva
- Psittacosis
... droplet transmission
- Pubic lice
... sexual behavior
Q
- Q fever
... infected animal milk, unpasteurized milk
R
- Rabies
... mucous membrane exposure, animal saliva
- Rotavirus
... not washing hands, oral-fecal transmission
- Rubella
... droplet transmission
S
- Salmonella enteritidis
... undercooked eggs, raw eggs
- Salmonella food poisoning
... undercooked eggs, raw eggs
- SARS
... droplet transmission, contaminated objects, SARS patient household members
- Scabies
... sexual contact, skin contact, furniture
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
... anal sex, oral sex, multiple sexual partners, unprotected sex
- Strep throat
... contaminated food, Droplet infection
- Syphilis
... unsafe sex, sexual activity
T
- Tapeworms
... undercooked beef
- Tinea
... surface contagion
- Toxocariasis
... contaminated water, contaminated food
- Toxoplasmosis
... mother-infant transmission, undercooked meat, raw meat
- Trachoma
... water supplies, contaminated objects, direct contact
- Traveler's diarrhea
... contaminated food or water
- Trichinosis
... undercooked sausages
- Trichomoniasis
... unsafe sex, multiple sexual partners
- Tropical Spastic Paraparesis
... sexual exposure to HTLV-1 positive partner
- Tuberculosis
... sneezing, Airborne droplet transmission, contaminated beef, contaminated milk, exposure to someone with TB, coughing
- Typhoid fever
... contaminated water, contaminated foods, poor water sanitation, flies on food, raw food
U
V
W
Y
- Yaws
... skin contact, Direct body contact
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