Infectious diseases

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_diseases)

Infectious diseases, also known as transmissible diseases or communicable diseases, comprise clinically evident illness (i.e., characteristic medical signs and/or symptoms of disease) resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism. In certain cases, infectious diseases may be asymptomatic for much or even all of their course in a given host. (Wikipedia)

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This term is used for the following terms: 
Communicable diseases
Contagious diseases
Transmissible diseases

Approved Date
04-Jun-2013

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