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Explain the relationship between an infectious disease and a contagious disease.

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Contagious diseases are spread by contact, while infectious diseases are spread by infectious agents. Something "contagious" is by default "infectious" because contact exposed you to the infectious agent, but something infectious isn't always contagious. You can be infected with food poisoning, which itself is not contagious.

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