How long is an infected person able to spread the disease?
NIP: Diseases/Mumps/Mumps Disease FAQsMumps virus has been found in respiratory secretions 3 days before the start of symptoms until 9 days after onset. Although mumps virus has been detected on rare occasions for up to 9 days after symptom onset, the patient is most infectious within the first 5 days.
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NJDHSS Flu Clinics - Frequently Asked Questions about the Fl...The "contagious" period varies, but it probably begins the day before symptoms appear and extends for about one week after the first symptoms appeared.
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This can vary, depending on the age and health of the infected person. In general, healthy adults can infect others from 1 day before they begin to feel sick to about 5 days after they first develop symptoms. Young children and people with chronic illnesses can infect others for about a week or more.
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Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention TeamMedical opinion indicates that HIV/AIDS is spread only two ways: blood to blood and semen/cervical secretions to blood. It is not airborne and there not spread by casual contact. There is no logical reason to quarantine or isolate a PWA. Since the Spring of 1985, the blood supply in the United States has been screened for HIV to protect the nations blood supply.
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Avian influenza - Frequently asked questionsAll natural H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) infections in domestic cats reported to date appear to have been associated with outbreaks in domestic or wild birds and acquired through ingestion of raw meat likely infected with the H5N1 HPAI virus. Fortunately, there is no evidence to date that domestic cats play a role in the natural transmission cycle of H5N1 HPAI viruses.
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Avian influenza - Frequently asked questionsThere is not enough information available about H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) infection in dogs to know how infection would develop. Domestic cats in Europe appear to have become infected by eating infected poultry or wild birds. Details concerning a case of H5N1 infection in a dog in October 2004 were recently published; the dog was infected after it ate the carcass of an infected duck. View the report on the CDC Web site.
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Public Health - Disease Control - Tuberculosis Control Progr...A person with TB disease may remain contagious until he/she has been on appropriate treatment for several weeks. However, a person with latent TB infection, but not disease, cannot spread the infection to others, since there are no TB germs in the sputum.
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FAQMumps is contagious three days prior to and four days after the onset of symptoms. A person is most contagious 48 hours prior to the appearance of symptoms.
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Disease Listing, Brucellosis, General Information | CDC Bact...Direct person-to-person spread of brucellosis is extremely rare. Mothers who are breast-feeding may transmit the infection to their infants. Sexual transmission has also been reported. For both sexual and breast-feeding transmission, if the infant or person at risk is treated for brucellosis, their risk of becoming infected will probably be eliminated within 3 days. Although uncommon, transmission may also occur via contaminated tissue transplantation.
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Metropolitan Liver DiseasesSome people carry the virus in their bloodstream and may remain contagious for years. The disease may occur in the acute form and be followed by recovery, but the majority of the cases become chronic and cause symptoms for years.
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FAQ THE BASICSEighty-five to ninety percent of all HCV carriers will have it for life, or until a cure is found. All carriers of HCV can transmit the disease to others via his or her blood. The disease may occur in the acute form and be followed by recovery, but the majority of the cases become chronic and cause symptoms for years.Related Questions
What is Lyme disease, and how is it spread?
BabiesDirect: pregnancy , pregnancies , babies , baby inform...A corkscrew-shaped microbe, Borrelia burgdorferi, causes Lyme disease. Deer ticks-small ticks that usually feed on deer, mice, and birds-carry the bacterium and spread it to humans they bite. In the U.S., most cases of Lyme disease are restricted to the northeast, the mid-Atlantic, the upper north-central states, and northwestern California. Ticks tend to live near the ground in moist, shaded areas, particularly in tall grasses, leaf litter, overgrown brush, and woody environments.
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FIU University Health ServicesThe infection is spread by direct contact with infected individuals (for example, sharing a glass or cigarette, or kissing) or through the air via droplets of respiratory secretions (for example, coughing or sneezing).
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Frequently asked questions - Head Lice - Victorian Governmen...No. A head lice infection is not a life threatening health condition – like similar health conditions such scabies, and ringworm, it is a parent or guardian’s responsibility to treat and care for their child.
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Frequently Asked QuestionsA blood test can determine whether or not a person is infected with HIV. The most commonly used test detects antibodies (disease-fighting proteins) against HIV. It may take as long as three to six months for HIV antibodies to reach levels that are measurable in standard blood tests.
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Douglas County Health DepartmentNO, direct person-to-person spread of anthrax infection is extremely unlikely, if it occurs at all. Therefore, there is no need to treat contacts of persons ill with anthrax such as household contacts, friends or co-workers, unless they were also exposed to the same source of infection.
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HIV/AIDS Prevention, Transmission, Know How : BangladeshAnswer: This depends on the mode of the HIV transmission and the lifestyle of the HIV positive person. Majority of persons who are infected through blood transfusion develop symptoms on an average from 3 years to 5 years. With the other modes of transmission when the quantum of the virus is low, the person can remain healthy for 8 to 12 years or longer.
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House Finch Disease Frequently Asked QuestionsConjunctivitis was first noticed in House Finches during the winter of 1993-94 in Virginia and Maryland. The disease later spread to states along the East Coast, and has now been reported throughout most of eastern North America, as far north as Quebec, Canada, and as far south as Florida. It has also appeared in some species other than House Finches. Your participation in this survey will help document further changes of this epidemic.
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House Finch Disease Frequently Asked QuestionsThe House Finch population is large, and the birds tend to move together in highly mobile foraging flocks. Therefore, diseased individuals are constantly entering new areas, increasing the chance of infecting other birds in that area. Also, some infected birds do not die from the disease, which increases the probability of its transmission to other individuals. Lastly, current evidence suggests that infected birds do not acquire immunity to future infections.
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All About Hepatitis C - Frequently Asked Questions About Hep...It is still not known whether treatment reduces your chance of spreading the disease. However, if the amount of virus in your blood is still undetectable 6 months after completing treatment (that is, you have a sustained virologic response), your chances of spreading hepatitis C is extremely low.
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Professional Mosquito Control - Frequently Asked QuestionsMosquitoes spread diseases when they "bite" their victims. Although it's commonly referred to as a bite, the actual process is a piercing/sucking action. Only the female mosquito bites, piercing her victim's skin with a structure similar to a long, sharp-ended straw. She must suck her victim's blood up through the shaft; but the blood is thick. To make the blood easier to draw, she injects her saliva (which contains blood thinners) into it. This saliva is what causes irritation and itch.
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Pancreatitis and Diet Support by Jenny SankeyWith my Dad's history I really wanted to know about how pancreatitis problems can progress over time. I was sure my Dad had shown symptoms of pancreatitis in the past that hadn't been diagnosed. This raised questions in my mind about the differences between chronic and acute pancreatitis. Being aware of the different paths these conditions can take makes decisions on what to do about them much simpler. I've outlined a process on what to do in the first week of being diagnosed.
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Is arthritis an old person's disease?
Medifast Frequently Asked Questions. (FAQ's)Although arthritis affects one of every two people over 65 years of age, most people with arthritis, nearly three out of five, are younger than age 65. People of all ages are affected.
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Alzheimer's Association Connecticut Chapter - Alzheimer's FA...Currently, no medications exist to prevent Alzheimer's disease. Potential risk factors being studied are low levels of education, head injury, and high blood pressure. Recent studies show that higher education levels and a reduced risk of head injury may make Alzheimer's disease less likely.
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