infectious disease
noun
: a disease (such as influenza, malaria, meningitis, rabies, or tetanus) caused by the entrance into the body of pathogenic agents or microorganisms (such as bacteria, viruses, protozoans, or fungi) which grow and multiply there compare communicable disease, contagious disease
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California in 2026 has already seen its highest number of annual measles cases in seven years, health officials said, amid an ongoing resurgence of a notoriously infectious disease once considered effectively eliminated in the United States.
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, measles cases in the US are at their highest level in three decades, and the nation risks losing its status as a country that has eliminated ongoing transmission of the highly infectious disease within its borders.
—Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
Lopman, an infectious disease epidemiologist now at Emory University, was living in London when his son got sick.
—Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
If the cells are too different from those of the donor, transplant complications such as GVHD could be more of a concern, says Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, head of the infectious disease department at the University Hospital of Dusseldorf, who was not involved in this study.
—Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, measles cases in the US are at their highest level in three decades, and the nation risks losing its status as a country that has eliminated ongoing transmission of the highly infectious disease within its borders.
—Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
Lopman, an infectious disease epidemiologist now at Emory University, was living in London when his son got sick.
—Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
If the cells are too different from those of the donor, transplant complications such as GVHD could be more of a concern, says Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, head of the infectious disease department at the University Hospital of Dusseldorf, who was not involved in this study.
—Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Infectious disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infectious%20disease. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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