disorders of human health that result from infection caused by living pathogens (viruses, bacteria, rickettsia, fungi, helminths, ticks, other pathogenic parasites); transmitted from infected persons to healthy ones, and tend to mass spread See also: contagious diseases; infections;
Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a germ disease. Examples are Lyme Disease, Meningitis, and many others. An infectious disease may not be contagious. Sometimes, as distinguished from contagious disease, such a disease communicated by germs carried in the air or water, and thus spread without contact with the patient, as measles.
the diagnosis and treatment of communicable diseases, including hepatitis, meningitis, tuberculosis, Lyme Disease and AIDS
diseases caused by microbes that can be passed to or among humans by several methods.
The diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases; a subspecialty of internal medicine.
management of diseases communicated or capable of being communicated by infection
Specialized diagnosis and treatment for unusual bacterial, viral and communicable diseases.
Diseases, often communicable, that are caused by the growth of various microorganisms, including bacteria and viruses. A specialist in infectious diseases diagnoses and treats patients affected by illnesses ranging from pneumonia to salmonella to AIDS.
This specialist is trained to provide consultation regarding infectious diseases and epidemiology to physicians, nurses and pharmacy staff.
All types of diseases, including bacterial and viral, are treated. Diseases that are treated include, in part, AIDS, hepatitis and influenza.
a disease we get from other people, animals, and contaminated food and water. Examples of common infectious diseases are tuberculosis, measles, and whooping cough.
The study of a disease caused by the entrance into the body of organisms which grow and multiply.
Treatment of illnesses caused by infectious organisms such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites in any organ of the body.
diseases caused by exposure to microscopic living organisms (e.g., viruses, bacteria) often transmitted from one individual to another or from one species to another (zoonoses).