Contagious (disease) | Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA)

Definition:

Infectious diseases that can be spread from organism to organism by direct or indirect contact. Contagious disease is a subset of communicable, infectious, and transmissible.

Related Vocabulary:

Communicable (disease)

Infectious (disease)

Transmissible (Disease)

Symposia:

Humans: The Planet-Altering Apes

Impact of Infectious Disease on Humans & Our Origins