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2. Contagious disease - Wikipedia

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   Contagious disease. A contagious disease is an infectious disease that is readily spread (that is, communicated) by transmission of a pathogen through contact (direct or indirect) with an infected person. [1] A disease is often known to be contagious before medical science discovers its causative agent. Koch's postulates, which were published ...

3. Disease Transmission: Direct Contact vs. Indirect Contact

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   Types of direct contact include the following. 1. Person-to-person contact. Infectious diseases are commonly transmitted through direct person-to-person contact. Transmission occurs when a person ...

4. Pathogen transmission - Wikipedia

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   Pathogen transmission. In medicine, public health, and biology, transmission is the passing of a pathogen causing communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a particular individual or group, regardless of whether the other individual was previously infected. [1] The term strictly refers to the transmission of ...

5. Infection prevention and control - Wikipedia

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   Infection prevention and control is the discipline concerned with preventing healthcare-associated infections; a practical rather than academic sub-discipline of epidemiology. In Northern Europe, infection prevention and control is expanded from healthcare into a component in public health, known as "infection protection" ( smittevern ...

6. Direct Contact vs. Airborne Illness - WebMD

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   Some illnesses, like the flu and measles, can spread through both the air and direct contact. When you are infected and cough, sneeze, or talk, you release some viruses into the air. People near ...

7. Non-Communicable Disease: What is it and How Does it Work?

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   Impact of Non-Communicable Disease on Your Health. Cardiovascular diseases. These conditions affect your blood vessels and heart. They include coronary heart disease, heart attack, and stroke ...

8. Noncommunicable Diseases List: 50 NonInfectious Diseases

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   Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of noncommunicable disease deaths. Some common noncommunicable cardiovascular conditions and diseases include: heart attack. stroke. coronary artery ...

9. National Institute for Communicable Diseases - Wikipedia

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   National Institute for Communicable Diseases. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases ( NICD) is the national public health institute of South Africa, [1] [2] providing reference to microbiology, virology, epidemiology, surveillance and public health research to support the government's response to communicable disease threats. [3] [4]