Contagious: Smallpox
| About contagion: Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Smallpox 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. |
Contagion summary: Very contagious.
Contagiousness properties of Smallpox:
Contagious overall?: Yes
Last revision: June 17, 2003
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