prodomal period
Flare
Acute disease
chronic disease
malaria is an acute disease
chronic disease
Measles is an Acute disease
I have always known it as a chronic disease
Herpes infection have acute onset. But the infection persist in posterior root ganglion for life time. So it can be called as chronic disease with acute onset probably.
Cancer is a chronic disease, but may have an acute clinical presentation
There are two types, acute and chronic.
Vaginitis is usually an acute infection. Untreated or incomleately treated, it can become chronic.
Some heart diseases are chronic while some are acute, such as acute myocardial infarction.