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Tick-borne diseases, which afflict humans and other animals, are caused by infectious agents transmitted by tick bites. [1] They are caused by infection with a variety of pathogens, including rickettsia and other types of bacteria, viruses, and protozoa. [2] The economic impact of tick-borne diseases is considered to be substantial in humans ...
Infectious diseases, also known as infectiology, is a medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of infections. An infectious disease specialist's practice consists of managing nosocomial ( healthcare-acquired) infections or community-acquired infections and is historically associated with travel medicine and tropical medicine.
Infectious mononucleosis ( IM, mono ), also known as glandular fever, is an infection usually caused by the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV). [2] [3] Most people are infected by the virus as children, when the disease produces few or no symptoms. [2] In young adults, the disease often results in fever, sore throat, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck ...
Infectious diseases. Nocardiosis is an infectious disease affecting either the lungs ( pulmonary nocardiosis) or the whole body ( systemic nocardiosis ). It is due to infection by a bacterium of the genus Nocardia, most commonly Nocardia asteroides or Nocardia brasiliensis . It is most common in adult males, especially those with a weakened ...
Infection. Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease -causing agents. The disease is caused by the invading agents multiplying. As they multiply, they produce toxins and damage host tissues. [1] [2] Infectious disease, also known as 'transmissible disease' or 'communicable disease', is illness resulting from an infection.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting deer. TSEs are a family of diseases thought to be caused by misfolded proteins called prions and include similar diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and ...