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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Minimizing this risk became one of the scientists’ key primary goals while developing clesrovimab, the monoclonal antibody that received FDA approval in June, says Tarit Mukhopadhyay, head of infectious disease and vaccine discovery at Merck.
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Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
India is home to 27% of the world’s TB cases and records an average of two deaths related to the infectious disease every three minutes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
—CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Instead, nearly eight hours passed before an infectious disease doctor and his team finally came in.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Even when infectious disease is not listed as the cause of death, public health agencies warn that blood and body fluids may still pose risks to handlers.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
India is home to 27% of the world’s TB cases and records an average of two deaths related to the infectious disease every three minutes, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
—CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Instead, nearly eight hours passed before an infectious disease doctor and his team finally came in.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Even when infectious disease is not listed as the cause of death, public health agencies warn that blood and body fluids may still pose risks to handlers.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for infectious disease
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“Infectious disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infectious%20disease. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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