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A disease is a particular abnormal condition that adversely affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism and is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that are associated with specific signs and symptoms.
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A non-communicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not...
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A disease is an abnormal condition that affects the body of...
- Non-infectious Diseases
disease, any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury. A diseased organism commonly exhibits signs or symptoms indicative of its abnormal state.
Disease burden is the impact of a health problem as measured by financial cost, mortality, morbidity, or other indicators. It is often quantified in terms of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) or disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί epi "upon or above" and δῆμος demos "people") is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given population within a short period of time. For example, in meningococcal infections, an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered an epidemic.
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Furthermore, Temple et al. (2001, p. 807) proposed a definition of disease with three basic elements—“disease is a state that places individuals at increased risk of adverse consequences.” The first element, “a state,” implies a physiological or psycho-social condition which explains susceptibility to risk.
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Jul 24, 2019 · It is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. The definition of health appears to be...
Jul 22, 2022 · Figure 5.3.1 5.3. 1: Blood smears showing two diseases of the blood. (a) Malaria is an infectious, zoonotic disease caused by the protozoan pathogen Plasmodium falciparum (shown here) and several other species of the genus Plasmodium. It is transmitted by mosquitoes to humans.
