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infectious disease

Also known as pestilence, infectious diseases, disease by infectious agent, ID, communicable disease, communicable diseases, zymotic disease, zymotic diseases

disease caused by infection of pathogenic biological agents in a host organism

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An infectious disease is an illness caused when harmful biological agents—like bacteria, viruses, or parasites—get into your body and multiply. It matters because these diseases can spread from person to person and affect public health, making them a significant concern for individuals and communities.

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Infectious disease.ReviewReviews in neurological diseases · 2008Halperin JJ
Standing up to infectious disease.Nature microbiology · 2019DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0331-3
Risks of Infectious Disease in Xenotransplantation.ReviewThe New England journal of medicine · 2022Fishman JADOI: 10.1056/NEJMra2207462
Infectious Disease Issues in Underserved Populations.ReviewPrimary care · 2017Grief SN, Miller JPDOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2016.09.011
Infectious disease diagnostic assays.ReviewTopics in companion animal medicine · 2009Lappin MRDOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2009.07.004
Microbiome and infectious disease: diagnostics to therapeutics.ReviewMicrobes and infection · 2024Zaatry R, Herren R, Gefen T et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2024.105345
Infectious disease crisis in the Philippines.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2019The Lancet Infectious DiseasesDOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30642-5
Emerging infectious disease prevention: Where should we invest our resources and efforts?ReviewJournal of infection and public health · 2019Ellwanger JH, Kaminski VL, Chies JABDOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2019.03.010

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topic has template: Template:Concepts in infectious disease
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordLift URL: data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/infectious_disease
Stack Exchange tag: biology.stackexchange.com/tags/infectious-diseases
topic's main category: Category:Infectious diseases
health specialty: infectious diseases
has immediate cause: infection
has cause: pathogen
Commons category: Infectious diseases and disorders
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050117
equivalent class: schema.org/InfectiousDisease
has list: list of infectious diseases
ICD-9-CM: 136.8
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
NCI Thesaurus ID: C26726
different from: vector-borne disease
opposite of: non-communicable disease
manifestation of: pathogenesis
has characteristic: incubation period
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Encyclopedic overview

An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable disease, is an illness resulting from an infection.

Infections can be caused by a wide range of pathogens, most prominently bacteria and viruses. Hosts can fight infections using their immune systems. Mammalian hosts react to infections with an innate response, often involving inflammation, followed by an adaptive response.

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