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How contagious are boils?
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Not really: Bacteriae can be transmmitted through close skin contact, however, skin need to be broken or has cuts. Bacteriae would not "penetrate" skin easily.
Answered 12/20/2013
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More to the person: Who has them. Boils are not particularly contagious in that these usually do not spread from one person to an other. But the drainage from a boil can infect nearby hair follicles in the same person.
Answered 10/3/2016
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