Infectious Diseases
Pursue him to his house, and pluck him thence;Lest his infection, being of a catching nature,Spread further.
—William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, 1608
Infectious (contagious)...
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Communicable Diseases
A communicable disease is any disease that can be transmitted from one organism to another. Agents that cause communicable diseases, called pathogens, are easily spread by dire...
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Emergent Infectious Diseases
Emergent infectious diseases (EIDs) are conditions caused by pathogenic microorganisms or parasites that have recently appeared or reappeared in human or animal population...
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Infectious Diseases
Communicable Diseases
Emergent Infectious Diseases