infectious diseases

Cultural

Diseases caused by the growth of pathogenic organisms in the body. Some of these diseases may also be contagious diseases.

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There were no antibiotics to fight infectious diseases, no reliable antiseptics or anesthetics for surgeries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Ford was only transferred to an infectious diseases unit on 11 June after those treating her at Barnsley Hospital learned about the dog scratch.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Human metapneumovirus cases commonly start showing up in January before peaking in March or April and then tailing off in June, said Dr. Jessica August, chief of infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Brian Foard will join Merck next month to oversee the specialty, pharmaceuticals, and infectious diseases unit.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

The one-sidedness of that exchange of germs becomes even more striking when we recall that large, dense human populations are a prerequisite for the evolution of our crowd infectious diseases.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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