Name any three diseases that are transmitted by direct contact.

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Infectious diseases are most commonly transmitted through direct contact. Transmission occurs when an infected person touches or exchanges body fluids with someone else. Respiratory illnesses and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), diphtheria, pneumonia, cholera, typhoid, measles, mumps, etc,. are transmitted by direct contact.

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