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Communicable Disease

Communicable disease (or infectious disease) is a diagnosis spread from 1 person to another thru a variety of ways that include:

Contact with blood & bodily fluids
Breathing in an airborne virus
Being bitten by an insect
Improper hygiene

Diseases Spread through Blood and/or Body Fluids:

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
MRSA
HIV/AIDS

Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceal (CRE)
Chickenpox/Shingles
Monkeypox

Diseases Spread through Breathing:

Measles
Influenza
COVID-19
Tuberculosis
Pertussis
Blastomycosis
Histoplasmosis
Pneumococcal
Chickenpox
Monkeypox

Diseases Spread through Improper Hand Washing/Food Prep:

Campylobacteriosis
Cryptosporidiosis
E. Coli
Group A - Streptococcal
Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceal (CRE)

Diseases Spread through Insects/Vermin:

Ehrlichiosis
Lymes Disease
Anaplasmosis
Babesiosis
West Nile Virus