non-communicable diseases

Also known as transmissible diseases, or infectious diseases, communicable diseases can also be called transmissible diseases. The infectious agent is transmitted to others by contact with bodily fluids, bodily fluids, bites of insects, and air. Infectious diseases can spread either directly or indirectly. Direct transmission means that the infectious agent is transmitted through close physical contact. In indirect transmission, it is spread through air, water or other vectors.