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Disease Dilemmas: Types of Disease
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- 1Infectious DiseaseContagious - caused by bacteria and viruses
Example: common cold - 2Non-infectious DiseaseNot contagious - caused by toxins and gene mutations
Example: diabetes - 3Communicable DiseaseTransmitted from one person or animal to another
- 4Non-communicable DiseaseNot caused by infectious agents
- 5EpidemicA widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
- 6EndemicA disease that occurs regularly in a particular area
- 7PandemicThe worldwide spread of a new disease
- 8Zoonotic DiseasesInfectious diseases
that are spread between animals
and people
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