infectious disease
noun
: a disease (such as influenza, malaria, meningitis, rabies, or tetanus) caused by the entrance into the body of pathogenic agents or microorganisms (such as bacteria, viruses, protozoans, or fungi) which grow and multiply there compare communicable disease, contagious disease
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By 1620, infectious disease had wiped out over 70 percent of the Indigenous occupants of Peru’s northern coast.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
The plan would also split the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) into two parts: an infectious disease institute and one focusing on the immune system and arthritis.
—science.org, 26 June 2024
Canine distemper is an infectious disease that affects the respiratory, nervous, gastrointestinal systems of the animals who have it, according to the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2024
Louise Ivers, a professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School and the director of its Global Health Institute, said situations like the one in Las Vegas will become more common as climate change continues to boost infectious disease globally.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 20 June 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
The plan would also split the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) into two parts: an infectious disease institute and one focusing on the immune system and arthritis.
—science.org, 26 June 2024
Canine distemper is an infectious disease that affects the respiratory, nervous, gastrointestinal systems of the animals who have it, according to the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2024
Louise Ivers, a professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School and the director of its Global Health Institute, said situations like the one in Las Vegas will become more common as climate change continues to boost infectious disease globally.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 20 June 2024
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“Infectious disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infectious%20disease. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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