ABSTRACT
It is actionable per se to allege that the plaintiff is infected with certain contagious or repulsive diseases, since this would tend to cause other persons to shun or avoid him. There is uncertainty, however, as to what diseases are included within this exception. It is established that contagious venereal diseases (including AIDS)18 are included, and leprosy, plague or any contagious skin disease caused by personal uncleanliness may be within the exception.19 But it has been held in at least two Jamaican cases that an imputation of tuberculosis is not included.20
