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Communicable Disease Definition:

  • A disease associated with a pathogen that can be transmitted from one host to another.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



Communicable Disease Notes:

Communicable diseases are the diseases that spread from one person to another via multiple ways such as contact with bodily fluids and blood, by being bitten by an insect or inhaling in an airborne virus. For the evaluation and planning of disease control and prevention programs, reporting of communicable diseases is important.

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