Diseases that Causes Concerns

Disease

Signs and
Symptoms

Infective Material

Herpes

Lesions, general ill

feeling, sore throat

Broken skin, mucous

membrane

Meningitis

Respiratory illness,
sore throat, nausea,
vomiting

Food, water,
mucous, airborne

Tuberculosis

Weight loss, night

sweats, occasional
fever, general ill
feeling

Saliva, airborne
droplets

Hepatitis

Flu like, jaundice,

viral infection of liver

Blood, saliva,
semen, feces, food,
water and other
products

HIV

Fever, night sweats,

weight loss, chronic
diarrhea, severe
fatigue, shortness of
breath, swollen
lymph nodes and
lesions

Blood, semen and

vaginal fluid

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