Week 1-2 Communicable Diseases (names and transmission, incubation)
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Covid-19
By SARS-CoV-2
Trans: Droplets, contact w/ contaminated
2-14 days incubation
HIV/AIDS
Sex. Contact: semen, blood, bodily
1-3 month incu.
Anthrax
Wounds, airborne, contaminated meat
1-43 days
Botulism
Wounds, contaminated foods
6-10 days
Cold
Droplets, hand contact, contaminated items
2-5 days
Diphtheria
Contact w/ mucus discharge
2-5 days
E. Coli
Contaminated food/water, swim in contaminated water
1-8 days
Erythema Infectiosum
Respiratory mucus, direct contact
4-14 days
H1N1 Influenza
Respiratory Secretions, hand to hand cont.
1-7 days
Infectious Diarrheal Diseases
Oral-fecal route of transmission, respiratory
48 hours
Influenza
Respiratory mucus, hand to hand, contaminated items
1-3 days
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Contact w/ infected, contacted with contaminated items
Unpredictable
1-10 days
Mumps
Saliva, airborne
18 days
Pertussis
Respiratory mucus droplets, contaminated items
7-10 days
Plague (pneumonic)
Contact w/ infected, respiratory droplets
1-6 days
Rubeola (hard measles)
Respiratory droplets from nose & throat
8-13 days, 14 days until rash
Rubella (3-day measles)
Respiratory droplets from nose & throat
14-23 days, often 16-18 days
Smallpox
Respiratory droplets, dried scales from lesions, contaminated items
10-14 days
Varicella (chickenpox)
Respiratory mucus, direct contact
13-17 days
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (ebola, yellow fever)
Airborne, infected hosts (vector)
2-21
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