[athletes] Those involved in the care of athletes should be alert to the possibility of infectious disease for the following reasons: However, in many cases, the chance of infection can be reduced by relatively simple measures. ==Herpes gladiatorum== Wrestlers use mats which are abrasive and the potential for a true contagion (Latin contagi...
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[medical specialty] Infectious disease is a medical specialty dealing with infections. It is often practiced together with tropical medicine, as many diseases acquired in tropical and subtropical areas are infective in nature. ...
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• 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. • Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious.
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in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person`s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the ... [37 related articles]
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A disease caused by any microorganism, but particularly viral and bacterial diseases and parasitic diseases, in which the causative agent may be transferred from one person to another (directly or indirectly). Knowledge of the stages at which a particular disease is liable to infect others and of it...
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A disease resulting from the presence and activity of a microbial agent. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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one due to organisms ranging in size from viruses to parasitic worms; it may be contagious in origin, result from nosocomial organisms, or be due to endogenous microflora from the nose and throat, skin, or bowel. An emerging infectious disease is one that is endemic in a given population but that has begun increasing in frequen...
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Disease caused by the actions of a living organism.
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In·fec'tious dis·ease' (a) Any disease caused by the entrance, growth, and multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a germ disease. It may not be contagious.
(b) Sometimes, as distinguished from
contagious disease , such a disease communicated by germs carried in the air or water, and thus s...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a disease resulting from the presence and activity of a microbial agent.
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Disease caused by infectious agents, such as bacteria and viruses, commonly referred to as germs. Can be treated with antibiotics.
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[
n] - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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disease caused by a pathogen
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condition in which virulent organisms are able to multiply within the body and cause a response from the host's immune system
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