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an infectious disease transmitted from one individual to another, either by direct contact or indirectly by means of a vector or fomites; the terms communicable d. and contagious d. are used synonymously. Cf. infectious d.
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| communicable period |
In epidemiology and infectious diseases, the time during which an infectious agent is transmissible, directly or indirectly, from an infected person or animal to a susceptible person.
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| communicable disease |
An illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products that arises through transmission of that agent or its products from an infected person, animal or inanimate reservoir to a susceptible host; either directly or indirectly through an intermediate plant or animal host, vector or the inanimate environment (synonym: infectious disease).
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| communicable disease |
An infectious disease that can be spread from person to person or animals to humans.
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| communicable |
Able to be passed from one person to another.
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