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How contagious is meningitis? In short, most bacterial meningitis infections are mildly to moderately contagious person to person, while some viral meningitis are contagious but other types are not. Fungal, parasitic, and noninfectious causes of meningitis are not contagious from one person directly to another.
Transmission is easy through contact with mucus, saliva or stool of an infected person, as reported by Penn State University. Symptoms of viral meningitis include a headache, fever with chills, fatigue, nausea, neck pain and confusion.he continual production of saliva keeps the mouth moist. Many communicable diseases, however, find passage from one person to another through contact with saliva, such as when kissing or coughing.