No, but the microbes which cause the diseases can spread on people's hands, so good hygiene is an important element of disease control.
well some diseases are caused by climate change pollution of water like in the carribean there are some things polluting the water such as people and causing cholera to spark up
Before the invention of the microscope the people believed that the diseases were caused by spiritual effects. In medieval times the people believed more in the church than in science. After the invention of the microscope, people took a step back and look what has caused the diseases to occur. We would not be living the way we do now, because more and more diseases would occur and it would be the same Bubonic Plague over again.
The term "immunisation" refers to the use of immunoglobulins and vaccines in order to protect people from infectious diseases. Vaccines contain minute amount of inactive infectious organisms whereas immunoglobulins contain antibodies.
A diseases is a state in which a function or part of the body is no longer in a healthy condition. Diseases are caused by touching sick people they are caused by insects , through air , through food and water , by using other peoples clothes , by using sick peoples plate to eat and many other things.
Measles is a very infectious illness caused by a virus - a viral infection caused by the rubeola virus. It is an endemic disease; meaning it is continually present in a community and many people develop resistance.
a doctor who helps people with infectious diseases.(see infectious disease)
Infectious diseases are caused by germs that get into the body, but will not always be spread to other people. A contagious disease is something that someone else will most likely catch.
Infectious diseases are caused by pathogens that can be passed between people, while non-infectious diseases cannot be transmitted. Noninfectious diseases are generally contracted through lifestyle choices (food, sleep patterns, lack of good nutrition, etc), genetics, or environment.
two million die in Africa a year but that's just in Africa :(
Non-infectious diseases are easier to control - because you only need to treat the individual patient. With infectious diseases - the illness is spread between people - by touching or simply breathing in the same air while in close contact.
No, but the cold that sometimes leads to an ear infection is.
The similarities in how children and older people contract and react to infectious diseases is that they catch them very easily. However older people have had more diseases so they can fight off a wider variety.
Huntington's disease is a genetic disease (not carried by an infectious vector) and so, it is not infectious.
In the 19th century there were lots of different types of disease but the most common ones are: tuberculosis, typhoid, scarlet fever and measles and hundreds of thousands of people died from these diseases.
Infectious diseases are caused by micro-organisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses that have the ability to reproduce and spread to other parts of the body or to other hosts (people) and cause harm to the host by preventing parts of the body from performing necessary functions.
antiseptics
ANTIBIOTICS