Communicable Diseases

Aquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

mode of transmission:

• mother to child

• needles

• intercourse

• HIV infected blood exposure

incubation: several months to years

chicken pox (varicella)

mode of transmission:

• airborne droplets

• contact with open spores

incubation: 11-21 days

ebola

mode of transmission: body fluids

incubation: 2-21 days

german measles (rubella) 

mode of transmission:

• mother to child

• airborne droplets

incubation: 10-12 days

influenza (flu)

mode of transmission: respiratory droplets

incubation: 1-7 days

hepatitis

mode of transmission:

• bood

• stool

• body fluids

• contaminated objects

incubation: weeks to months

meningitis (bacterial)

mode of transmission: oral and nasal secretions

incubation: 2-10 days

mumps

mode of transmission:

• droplets of saliva

• objects contaminated by saliva

incubation: 14-24 days

pneumonia (bacterial or viral)

mode of transmission: oral and nasal droplets and secretions

incubation: several days

staphylococcal skin infections

mode of transmission:

• direct contact with infected wounds or sores

• contact with contaminated objects

incubation: 14-24 days

tuberculosis (TB)

mode of transmission:

• respiratory secretions

• airborne

• contact with contaminated objects

incubation: 2-6 weeks

whooping cough (pertussis)

mode of transmission:

• respiratory secretions

• airborne droplets

incubation: 6-20 days