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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Most people who have been in bodies of waters have been exposed to the amoeba, but contact alone is not harmful, Dr. Anna Kathryn Burch, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Prisma Health Children's Hospital Midlands, said during a news conference on July 22.
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Peter Chin-Hong, MD, an infectious disease specialist and a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, notes that viral spread can take off in the warmer months as more people travel and come together indoors to escape extreme heat.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 July 2025
As national cases of measles soar and federal health officials engage in vaccine skepticism, Illinois so far this year has seen only one small outbreak of the highly infectious disease that health officials say was quickly brought under control.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
The Marion County Public Health Department has started hosting vaccination clinics in partnership with schools, said Melissa McMasters, administrator of the county’s immunization and infectious disease program.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Peter Chin-Hong, MD, an infectious disease specialist and a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, notes that viral spread can take off in the warmer months as more people travel and come together indoors to escape extreme heat.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 July 2025
As national cases of measles soar and federal health officials engage in vaccine skepticism, Illinois so far this year has seen only one small outbreak of the highly infectious disease that health officials say was quickly brought under control.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
The Marion County Public Health Department has started hosting vaccination clinics in partnership with schools, said Melissa McMasters, administrator of the county’s immunization and infectious disease program.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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“Infectious disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infectious%20disease. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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