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Category:Infectious diseases

Infectious diseases are diseases caused by biological agents, which can be transmitted to others, rather than by genetic, physical or chemical agents. This definition includes disease caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and prions. This page will include infectious diseases as pertains to humans. Those affecting animals will be listed under Veterinary medicine.

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See also the List of infectious diseases sorted by class of infectious agent.

Subcategories

There are 24 subcategories in this category, which are shown below. More may be shown on subsequent pages.

A

Antibiotics

B

E

F

P

S

S cont.

Sexually transmitted infections

T

V

W

Water-borne diseases

Z

Zoonoses

Pages in category "Infectious diseases"

There are 82 pages in this section of this category.

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A

B

C

D

Dysentery

E

F

Fecal-oral route

F cont.

G

H

I

K

Koch's postulates

L

M

N

O

Orbital cellulitis

P

P cont.

Q

Quarantine

R

S

T

U

V

Categories: Diseases | Medical specialties | Microbiology