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Diseases » Diseases contagious from saliva » Prevalence

Prevalence Statistics for Types of Diseases contagious from saliva

The information below shows a list of types of Diseases contagious from saliva, with information as to the prevalence of each of these types. Estimates of the people affected are calculated based on the available statistic.

Disease	Prevalence Estimate	US people estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Common Cold	N/A	N/A	No information
Flu	N/A	N/A	No information
Upper Respiratory Infection	N/A	N/A	No information
meningitis	N/A	N/A	No information
Bacterial meningitis	N/A	N/A	No information
Mononucleosis	N/A	N/A	No information
Epstein-Barr virus	approx 1 in 5 or 20.00% or 54.4 million people in USA	54,400,000	as many as 20% of people carry the virus in their throats
Cold sores	approx 1 in 2 or 50.00% or 136 million people in USA	136,000,000	estimated 50 to 80% of Americans have HSV-1
Cytomegalovirus	approx 1 in 2 or 50.00% or 136 million people in USA	136,000,000	50% approximately; almost half of young adults (NIAID)
Molluscum contagiosum	N/A	N/A	Common.
Hepatitis B	approx 1 in 181 or 0.55% or 1.5 million people in USA	1,499,999	estimated 1.5 million HBV carriers in the U.S. (NWHIC); 417,000 people currently infected (CDC 2001)
Chronic Hepatitis B	approx 1 in 362 or 0.28% or 750,000 people in USA	749,999	750,000 people in the United States (NIAID)
Polio	N/A	N/A	No information

Types of Diseases contagious from saliva

For more information about types of Diseases contagious from saliva, refer to our section on types of Diseases contagious from saliva.

About prevalence:

The medical term 'prevalence' of Diseases contagious from saliva usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Diseases contagious from saliva at any given time, whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Diseases contagious from saliva is called the 'incidence'. For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.