Is Adenoviruses Contagious?
Transmission of Adenoviruses from Person to Person
Adenoviruses is considered to be contagious between people.
Generally the infectious agent may be transmitted by saliva, air, cough, fecal-oral route,
surfaces, blood, needles, blood transfusions, sexual contact, mother to fetus, etc.
Adenoviruses, although infectious, is not a genetic disease. It is not caused by a defective or abnormal gene.
The contagious disease, Adenoviruses, can be transmitted:
- from person to person by saliva, air, coughing, contact, surfaces, fecal-oral route, etc.
all are transmitted by direct contact, fecal-oral transmission,
and occasionally waterborne transmission. (Source: excerpt from Adenoviruses: DVRD)
About contagion and contagiousness:
Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily
the spread of Adenoviruses is possible from one person to another.
Other words for contagion include "infection", "infectiousness",
"transmission" or "transmissability".
Contagiousness has nothing to do with genetics
or inheriting diseases from parents.
For an overview of contagion,
see Introduction to Contagion.
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