Question

Diseases that get transmitted from one person to another is known as

• A. Congenital diseases
• B. Non communicable diseases
• C. Communicable diseases
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Communicable diseases

A communicable disease is one that is spread from one person to another through a variety of ways that include:

• contact with blood and bodily fluids;
• breathing in an airborne virus; or
• by being bitten by an insect.

Some examples of the communicable diseases include Hepatitis A, B & C, influenza, measles, and salmonella and other food-borne illnesses. Hence, Diseases that get transmitted from one person to another is known as Communicable diseases.

So, the correct answer is 'Communicable diseases'.