Definitions for infectious disease
in·fec·tious dis·ease

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. infectious diseasenoun

   a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

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1. infectious disease

   An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable disease, is an illness resulting from an infection. Infections can be caused by a wide range of pathogens, most prominently bacteria and viruses. Hosts can fight infections using their immune system. Mammalian hosts react to infections with an innate response, often involving inflammation, followed by an adaptive response. Specific medications used to treat infections include antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, antiprotozoals, and antihelminthics. Infectious diseases resulted in 9.2 million deaths in 2013 (about 17% of all deaths). The branch of medicine that focuses on infections is referred to as infectious disease.

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1. Infectious disease

   Infectious diseases, also known as transmissible diseases or communicable diseases, comprise clinically evident illness resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism. In certain cases, infectious diseases may be asymptomatic for much or even all of their course in a given host. In the latter case, the disease may only be defined as a "disease" in hosts who secondarily become ill after contact with an asymptomatic carrier. An infection is not synonymous with an infectious disease, as some infections do not cause illness in a host. Infectious pathogens include some viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and aberrant proteins known as prions. These pathogens are the cause of disease epidemics, in the sense that without the pathogen, no infectious epidemic occurs. The term infectivity describes the ability of an organism to enter, survive and multiply in the host, while the infectiousness of a disease indicates the comparative ease with which the disease is transmitted to other hosts. Transmission of pathogen can occur in various ways including physical contact, contaminated food, body fluids, objects, airborne inhalation, or through vector organisms.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of infectious disease in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of infectious disease in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of infectious disease in a Sentence

1. Troy Vincent:

   We must remain vigilant and disciplined in following the processes and protocols put in place by not only the league, union and clubs, but also by state and local governments, the NFL-NFLPA Game Day Protocol, which reflects the advice of infectious disease experts, club medical staffs and local and state governmental regulations requires all individuals with bench area access( including coaches and members of the club medical staff) to wear face coverings at all times.

2. Clara Long:

   The kids had colds and were sick and said they didn't have access to soap to wash their hands. It was an alcohol-based cleanser. Some kids who were detained for two to three weeks had only one or two opportunities to shower, one said they hadn't showered in three weeks. Hygiene and living conditions like this creates a risk of spreading infectious disease. It makes me very concerned about the public health emergency.

3. Brett Schaefer:

   Thus, it is hardly surprising that International Regulatory Affairs failed to be transparent and truthful in reporting details on COVID-19 to WHO and the international community. In fact, this is not the first time this has happened, in 2003, China concealed and denied an infectious disease outbreak later called SARS for months.

4. Paul Hunter:

   The large majority of infectious disease specialists think, and have thought for many months, that SARS-CoV-2 is here to stay, our grandchildren's grandchildren will still be catching( the virus).

5. Ravina Kullar:

   Kullar said. Kullar, also a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), explained patients who recoverfrom the novel coronavirus can shed viral fragments for weeks, giving some tests a positive result even though the virus is no longer live. But the 33-year-old mans case is a different scenario, Kullar noted. This report sequenced the virus from both rounds of infection and found differences in both sets of the virus, showing that the patient may have been infected a second time. This may support the finding that some patients [who]get infected with COVID-19 have diminishing antibody levels after just a few months.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=infectious disease
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infectious_Disease
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=infectious disease