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What is the name for a scientist who traces the spread of infectious disease through a population?
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∙ 13y ago
Epidemiologist is, I believe, the word you were looking for.
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∙ 13y ago
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What is the meaning of infectious disease?
The disease which is spread from person to person is called infectious disease. For example flu is a viral disease through which the other person is infected from the patient
What are infectious disease that spread through sexual contact referred to as?
Infectious disease that are spread through sexual contact are called, "STDs" which is short for "Sexually Transmitted Disease". The former term used was, "VD" which stood for "Venereal Disease".
Infectious disease that attack the respiratory system are usually tramsmitted through?
Through the air.
Is HIV passed through families?
No. It is not a genetic disease, but an infectious one.
Is tuberculosis a lifestyle or infectious disease?
Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease generally spread through the air by coughing or sneezing.
How is HIV spread though genetics?
HIV is an infectious disease. It is not spread through genetics.
Does mono come back?
Mono is an infectious disease that can be spread through bodily fluids. This disease can go into remission and come back.
How do you get pasteurellosis?
its a bacterial infectious disease which is caused by Pasteurella multocida and spread through animal bite
Can the plague be compared to aids today?
As an emerging infectious disease, yes, it can. It was bewildering, rapid in movement through the population, misunderstood, and untreatable; just as AIDS was when it first emerged as a threat to public health.
Why is chickenpox an infectious disease?
Because it is easily spread from person to person through contact with body fluids.
What is glander fever?
Its a bacterial infectious disease caused by Burkholderia mallei through skin contact and inhalation
What are three ways to get an infectious disease?
You can get an infectious disease through airborne transmission, bloodborne transmission, sexual transmission, or oral/fecal route, to name a few. Tuberculosis is airborne, HIV is bloodborne or sexual, polio is oral/fecal.
