Infectious Diseases include: All Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD's) and any type of Disease that is caused by an infection. An external factor has to be introduced into the body to cause an Infectious Disease. Also colds.
Infectious disease in one that is spread by intimate contact with body fluids. Some of these are influenza, mononucleosis, and Chlamydia.
Measles, smallpox, ebola.
Cancer, Asthma, High blood pressure.
Infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and genetic diseases are the main types of diseases. The fourth type of disease, which is not among the three main types, is environmental diseases.
The Journal of Infectious Diseases was created in 1904.
Clinical Infectious Diseases was created in 1979.
Any communicable disease is an infectious disease. See "Infectious and no Infectious Diseases what is the difference?" question .Common Cold Common cold and AIDS both are infectious diseases unless you take necessary precautions.
Infectious diseases are those diseases which are caused by infectious agents (which include microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, protozoa and virus, as well as some multicellular animals such as worms) and hence they are the ones which can spread from one person to another. Non-infectious diseases are those diseases that are not caused by infectious agents and do not spread from one person to another.
colds, and infectious diseases
Non-infectious diseases are those that are not caused by pathogens. Examples include Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and congestive heart failure.
There are many medicines for infectious diseases, too many to list.
Nutritional diseases are not classified as infectious disease because they do not fit the definition of 'infectious'. They cannot be transmitted from one person to another and the causative agents come from the environment.