Contagious Diseases

Contagious means...

• spread from one person to another

• inherited from one of your parents

True or False contagious means the same as "you can catch it."

• True

• False

True or False: All bacteria will make you sick.

• True

• False

True or False: Only bacteria and viruses cause diseases that make you sick.

• True

• False

How are infectious diseases, such as colds and influenza, MOST commonly spread?

• Sharing food

• Hand-to-face contact

• Sneezing

• Sitting next to each other

Which is the most important hygiene habit to teach young children?

• Sneezing into a tissue

• Not sharing food

• Wash hands frequently.

• Not coughing near others

Colds are most contagious during the first 24 hours of symptoms.

• TRUE

• FALSE

____ is contagious

• Malaria - carried by mosquitoes but caused by a pathogen

• Mononucleosis - a bacteria

Scabies: Contagious or not? (Scabies is a small mite that burrows in the skin).

• Not Contagious

• Contagious

Cold sores (fever blisters) are caused by contagious viruses.

• TRUE

• FALSE