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What is the most lethal infectious disease of 1990?

pneumonia


What is an infectious airborne disease?

An infectious airborne disease is one that you can catch from a person sneezing. The one most people are familiar with is the flu.


What was the most infectious diseases of the 1900s?

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.


Is alzheimers infectious or non infectious?

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What are infectious and non-infectious diseases?

Infectious Disease can be spread from person to person though coughing or sneezing or some other means.(The Common cold, The Flu). Non-Infectious Disease cannot be spread from person to person. (Cancer, Heart Disease).


Does penicillin relieve the symptoms of infectious disease?

Penicillin is effective for some infectious diseases, like strep throat and syphilis. It does not cure most infectious diseases.


The most serious threat to one's health in the early 1900?

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What is the differnece between and infectious and containous 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.


What is the fastest growing chronic disease in America today?

Alzheimer's may be growing, but it is hardly an infectious disease! You can't catch it from anyone. The common cold is the most infectious disease by far, but lyme disease is one of the fastest growing diseases in the US according to the CDC.


What was often the most lethal European disease that was brought to the Americas?

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What causes hand foot mouth?

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