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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
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contagion vs infection
Hi all,
Do contagion and infection have the same meaning and are they interchangeable?If not, what is the difference in meaning btw them?
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Do contagion and infection have the same meaning and are they interchangeable?If not, what is the difference in meaning btw them?
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Not interchangeable, except in special circumstances: contagion: requires direct contact infection: requires agents (viruses, etc)
- Not interchangeable, except in special circumstances: contagion: requires direct contact infection: requires agents (viruses, etc)
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Not interchangeable, except in special circumstances:
contagion: requires direct contact
infection: requires agents (viruses, etc)
contagion: requires direct contact
infection: requires agents (viruses, etc)
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If you cut your finger, it may get infected. This has nothing to do with contagion.
If a disease spreads quickly from one person to another, you can say it's a contagion. You would not call it an infection.
An infection occurs within a single person or animal. A contagion is the transmission of disease to many people or animals.
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If a disease spreads quickly from one person to another, you can say it's a contagion. You would not call it an infection.
An infection occurs within a single person or animal. A contagion is the transmission of disease to many people or animals.
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As a young military nurse in the British armed forces during the 1950's I was taught that contagious is disease spread by physical contact with the disease organism which could be as diverse as urine depopsited on food stuffs or untensils by a vector such as a rat a monitor lizard or any of a host more whilst infectious is disease spread by airborne means such as droplets expressed by coughing fo
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I believe you are speaking about contagion and infection rather than contagious and infectious. The latter refer to how disease is passed from one individual to another.
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The flu is a disease. The flu virus is its contagion. A contagion is the actual cause of whatever disease you happen to be spreading.
An infection is always a bacteria that has taken hold on some part of your body. For example, if your skin gets cut and bacteria start to grow there, you have an infection. It will be red (inflamed) and probably sore. If the infection goes untreted it c
An infection is always a bacteria that has taken hold on some part of your body. For example, if your skin gets cut and bacteria start to grow there, you have an infection. It will be red (inflamed) and probably sore. If the infection goes untreted it c
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