communicable disease

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1. Any disease transmitted from one person or animal to another; also called contagious disease. Sometimes quarantine is required to prevent the spread of disease.

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communicable disease

Last week, Australia's Chief Medical Officer Prof Michael Kidd declared diphtheria a communicable disease incident of national significance.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Head lice used to be listed as a communicable disease, and had to report it to the Health Department, King added.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2024

A county resident was also infected with colistin-resistant E. coli in 2018, said Dawn Terashita, associate director of acute communicable disease control at the county Department of Public Health, which monitors antibiotic-resistant infections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

Denise Stinson, communicable disease control program manager for the health department, is the department’s representing health officer in the case filings.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023

Results have been obtained in the discovery of typhoid-carriers and of cases of communicable disease that amply justify this procedure as an important measure for protecting the community against the dissemination of infection.

From Food Poisoning by Jordan, Edwin Oakes