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Is jaundice a transmitting disease?
I need to know that is jaundice in adults a transmitting disease or not.my father has been having jaundice for three days.blood n urine test results are yet to come.
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yes, transmission is possible if the affected individual is having viral hepatitis either due to Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus.
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