Contagious: Trachoma

About contagion: Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Trachoma 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: Spread by direct contact and contaminated objects or towels; possibly spread by flies.

Contagiousness properties of Trachoma:
  Contagious overall?: Yes
  Contagious by physical contact (non-sexual)?: Yes
  Contagious from bedding?: Yes
  Contagious from clothing?: Yes
  Contagious from towels?: Yes
  Contagious from surfaces (or objects)?: Yes
  Contagious from insect bite (or exposure)?: Yes, possibly by flies.
  Contagious from flies?: Yes, possibly.

Contagion summary: Primary: person-to-person transmission by ocular and respiratory secretions. Secondary: insect vectors such as house flies. ¹

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Trachoma: DBMD

Last revision: June 23, 2003

Medical Tools & Articles:

Next articles:

Medical Articles: