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Communicable Diseases

An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host.

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Tree Number(s): C01.221, C23.550.291.531

MeSH Unique ID: D003141

Entry Terms:

  • Communicable Disease
  • Disease, Communicable
  • Diseases, Communicable
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Disease, Infectious
  • Diseases, Infectious
  • Infectious Disease

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