1. EID V3 N1: Mycoplasmal Conjunctivitis in Wild Songbirds: The Spread of a New Contagious Disease in a Mobile Host Population
Mycoplasmal Conjunctivitis in Wild Songbirds: The Spread of a New Contagious Disease in a Mobile Host Population
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2. Guide to Tropical Disease Motion Pictures and Audiovisuals -- Diseases
Guide to Tropical Disease Motion Pictures and Audiovisuals -- Diseases Last updated: 16 December 2009 First published: 16 December 2009
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3. Contagious Diseases Requiring Exclusion
5 days after antibiotics are started or if antibiotics are not prescribed, 4 days after intense coughing begins
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4. Kawasaki disease, form of vasculitisIs Kawasaki disease contagious?
In Kawasaki disease, the walls of the blood vessels throughout the body become inflamed. The disease can affect any type of blood vessel in the body, including the arteries, veins, and capillaries.
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5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Controlling the Spread of Contagious Diseases
People can be infected with dangerous diseases in a number of ways. Some germs, like those causing malaria, are passed to humans by animals. Other germs, like those that cause botulism, are carried to people by contaminated food or water. Still ot...
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6. Is Cancer Contagious?
A healthy person cannot "catch" cancer from someone who has it. There is no evidence that close contact or things like sex, kissing, touching, sharing meals, or breathing the same air can spread cancer from one person to another.
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7. auditory_contagious
One of the more curious aspects observed in human behavior is the tendency to adopt the gestures and pos- tures of others (e.g., the chameleon effect; Chartrand & Bargh, 1999). Perhaps the most well-known example of this is contagious yawning (i.e...
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8. Contagious | DrBunn.com
We’ve known for decades that dental disease (cavities, gum problems) is contagious. Cavities and gum problems are caused by bacteria that are transmitted from person to person. When children are born they’re sterile – no bacteria, but right away t...
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9. Is Kindness Contagious?
FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) -- Acts of kindness spread rapidly, and it takes only a few people acting cooperatively to influence dozens of others, U.S. researchers report.
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10. Is obesity contagious?
It looks like obesity is contagious – you can catch it from your friends. Researchers found that in a long-running study of the health of people from Framingham, Massachusetts.
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