Contagion may refer to:
Medicine
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Contagious disease
A contagious disease is an infectious disease that can be spread rapidly in several ways, including direct contact, indirect contact, and droplet contact.
These diseases are caused by organisms such as parasites, bacteria, fungi, and viruses. ...
Social science
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Social contagion
Social contagion involves behaviour, emotions, or conditions spreading spontaneously through a group or network. The phenomenon has been discussed by social scientists since the late 19th century, although much work on the subject was based on ...
, the spontaneous spread of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors through a group or network
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Emotional contagion
Emotional contagion is a form of social contagion that involves the spontaneous spread of emotions and related behaviors. Such emotional convergence can happen from one person to another, or in a larger group. Emotions can be shared across indivi ...
, a tendency to feel others' emotions
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Behavioral contagion
Behavioral contagion is a form of social contagion involving the spread of behavior through a group. It refers to the propensity for a person to copy a certain behavior of others who are either in the vicinity, or whom they have been exposed to. T ...
, a tendency to mimic others' behavior
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Law of contagion, a folk belief related to magical thinking
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Financial contagion
Financial contagion refers to "the spread of market disturbances—mostly on the downside—from one country to the other, a process observed through co-movements in exchange rates, stock prices, sovereign spreads, and capital flows". Financial co ...
, a scenario in which financial shocks spread to other financial sectors
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Hysterical contagion, an effect in which a group exhibits physical symptoms due to a psychological cause
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Sacred contagion, the belief that spiritual properties pass from one entity to another
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Complex contagion, a social networking phenomenon
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Contagion heuristic, a psychological technique
Film and television
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''Contagion'' (1987 film), directed by Karl Zwicky
* ''Contagion'' (2002 film), featuring
Bruce Boxleitner
Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series '' How the West Was Won'', '' Bring 'Em Back Alive'', ''Scarecrow and Mrs. King ...
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''Contagion'' (2011 film), directed by Steven Soderbergh
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"Contagion" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), 1989 TV episode
Music
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''Contagion'' (Oceano album), 2010
* "Contagion", a song by Black Dahlia Murder on the 2003 album ''
Unhallowed''
Other uses
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''Contagion'' (novel), by Robin Cook
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Batman: Contagion'', a comic book story arc
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Coded Arms: Contagion'', a 2007 video game
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''Contagion'' (video game), a 2014 video game
See also
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Contagious (disambiguation)
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