Contagious: Yersiniosis


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About contagion: Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Yersiniosis 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: On rare occasions, it can be transmitted as a result of the bacterium passing from the stools or soiled fingers of one person to the mouth of another person.1

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1. excerpt from Yersinia enterocolitica: DBMD

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