is tinea capitis contagious
Contagion and contagiousness refers to how easily the spread of Tinea capitis is possible from one person to another. Other words for contagion include infection, infectiousness, transmission or transmissability.enerally the infectious agent may be transmitted by saliva, air, cough, fecal-oral route, surfaces, blood, needles, blood transfusions, sexual contact, mother to fetus, etc. Tinea capitis, although infectious, is not a genetic disease. It is not caused by a defective or abnormal gene.