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Contagion may refer to:

In medicine:

• Contagious disease

In literature:

• Batman: Contagion, a story arc in the Batman comic book series
• Contagion (novel), one of Robin Cook's most successful bestsellers

In other fields:

• "Contagion" (TNG episode), a second season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Emotional contagion, concept in sociology
• Financial contagion, the phenomenon of one country's economy being jolted because of asset prices of another country's financial market
• Hysterical contagion, concept in psychology
• Sacred Contagion, the belief that spiritual properties within an object, place, or person may be passed to another object, place, or person
• Coded Arms: Contagion, sequel to Coded Arms, on the Playstation Portable
• Contagion (album), the 2003 Arena album

[edit] See also

• Disease
• Pandemic
• Virus

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Contagion seeks to highlight the interconnectedness of markets as they are susceptible to spillover effects from other markets as was highlighted in the 1997 Asian financial crisis and more recently the 2008-present global recession.