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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.
There are 2 causes of meningits - viruses and bacteria. Bacterial meningitis tends to be much more dangerous. Viral meningitis is referred to as aseptic meningitis and tends to be more mild. Viral meningitis usually takes 3-7 days to incubate in a person after exposure. At that point they become contagious. They usually stop being contagious after 10 days. Most meningitis is spread through saliva and mucus from the nose.