The following table lists the diseases with data about their contagiousness by method: sex. Note that this computer-generated list is not conclusive, and may contain omissions, errors, or inaccuracies.
Diseases listed by contagious properties:
| Medical Condition | Contagion Data |
| Amebic dysentery | Yes |
| Ascariasis | Yes |
| Autoimmune diseases | Yes but extremely unlikely, only in rare mother-to-fetus contagion. |
| Bacterial meningitis | Yes |
| Bornholm disease | Yes |
| Chickenpox | Yes |
| Chronic Hepatitis B | Yes |
| Common cold | Yes |
| Conjunctivitis | Yes |
| Cytomegalovirus | Yes |
| Dysentery | Yes |
| Entamoeba histolytica | Yes |
| Epstein-Barr virus | Yes |
| Flu | Yes |
| Head lice | Yes |
| Hepatitis A | Yes |
| Hepatitis B | Yes |
| HIV/AIDS | Yes |
| Hookworm | Yes |
| Impetigo | Yes |
| Leprosy | Yes |
| Meningitis | Yes |
| Meningococcal disease | Yes |
| Mononucleosis | Yes |
| Mumps | Yes |
| Pinworm | Yes |
| Pneumococcal pneumonia | Yes |
| Pneumonic plague | Yes |
| Psittacosis | Yes |
| Pubic lice | Yes |
| Q fever | Yes |
| Rotavirus | Yes |
| Rubella | Yes |
| SARS | Yes |
| Scabies | Yes |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | Yes, STDs spread by various means including sexual. |
| Shingles | Yes, but infectious with chicken pox not shingles |
| Slap-cheek syndrome | Yes |
| Smallpox | Yes |
| Syphilis | Yes |
| Trachoma | Yes |
| Tuberculosis | Yes |
| Whooping Cough | Yes |
| Yaws | Yes |
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