Childhood Communicable Diseases

When children and teens are together in group settings such as schools, child care facilities, camps, and sporting activities, some disease-causing germs are easily spread among them. Communicable diseases are those diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, and protozoa that are passed from one person to another. 

It is important to recognize when someone in a group setting is sick with a communicable disease so steps can be taken to obtain medical care and prevent the spread of disease to others.

IDS offers a complete fully automated serology testing menu, helping the clinicians in the determination of serological status to the common school-age communicable infections, including measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox), and mononucleosis.