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What are communicable diseases?

Class 8CBSEScienceChapter: Microorganisms Friend and Foe
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Infectious diseases that can spread from an infected person to a healthy person through mediums like air, water, food or physical contact are known as communicable diseases. Examples of communicable diseases are cholera, common cold, chicken pox and tuberculosis.

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