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What are the common ways to contract a fingernail fungus?
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Transmission: Transmission of nail fungus is by direct contact with someone that has a nail fungus or with an object that has the fungus on it (fomite).
Answered 9/28/2016
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Injury: The most common way to contact nail fungus is from trauma. Manicures and sports are likely causes.
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