By: Cari LaMolinare Molly Breyne C.J Zuppan

A communicable disease is a disease that you can "catch" from someone or something else. They spread by contact with bodily fluids, through the air from a cough or sneeze, or by touching an infected surface. Some people may use the words contagious or infectious when talking about communicable diseases.

 Common Cold  Gastroenteritis  Strep Throat  Pink Eye  Influenza  Gonorrhea  Hepatitis  Whooping Cough  Rotavirus  HIV/AIDS

 62 million cases of the common cold occur each year.  Infectious disease, such as the cold or flu, which are spread by germs, accounts for 20 million school days lost annually, and cost the U.S. $120 billion a year.  On average annually in the US: 10-20% of the population gets the flu. Over 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications, and about 23,600 people die from flu-related causes.  About 10 million U.S. adults (ages ) were unable to work during 2002 due to health problems spread by infectious germs.  World Health Report 2000 reports that 14 million deaths (25 percent of all deaths in the world in 1999) resulted from infectious diseases or their complications.  In high-income countries, infectious diseases accounted for only 6 percent of all deaths, whereas in middle-and low-income countries they accounted for 28 percent of all deaths.

 Children younger than 5, but especially children younger than 2 years of age  Adults 65 years of age and older  Pregnant women  American Indians/Alaskan Natives  People younger than 19 years of age who are receiving long- term aspirin therapy  People who have certain medical conditions  Fever (although not everyone with flu has a fever)  Cough  Sore throat  Runny or stuffy nose  Body aches  Headache  Chills  Tiredness  Sometimes diarrhea and vomiting

Wash your hands- with soap & water! After using the bathroom Before preparing or eating food After changing a diaper After blowing your nose or sneezing or coughing After caring for a sick person After playing with a pet Get vaccinated Avoid close contact Stay at home when you are sick Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you sneeze or cough

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