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Bubonic plague
a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis formerly Pasteurella pestis transmitted to man by the bite of fleas themselves usually
Herpes simplex
either of two forms of herpesvirus infection distinguished as being caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 HSV 1 which causes mostly sores and eruptions
Infectious diseases
Infectious diseases. It is an indictable offence to expose in a public frequented highway a person suffering from an
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Public health
relating to the same subject; the greater part, if not the whole, of the previous legislation relating to Infectious Diseases Acts'i.e., the Prevention (1883), Notification (1889 and 1899) and Treatment, (1913), Tuberculosis (1921, except s. 6) Acts;
Quarantine, or Quarentaine
Hen. I., c. 16. 3. A regulation by which communication with persons, ships, or goods arriving from places infected with the plague, or other contagious disease, or liable thereto, is interdicted for a certain period. The term
chlamydia
a coccoid rickettsia which may infect birds and mammals it causes infections of eyes and lungs and the genitourinary tract
Verbarrubella
resembling that of measles but attended by only mild respiratory problems or fever called also German measles The infective virus is called Rubella virus or Rubivirus If contracted by a woman during the first several months of
decontaminate
cleansing process usually used of radioactive infectious or toxic materials as to decontaminate clothing worn by persons with infective disease decontaminate an area of PCBs after explosion of a transformer
contaminated
containing undesired or infective microorganisms
Disease
the vital functions being a response to environmental factors (as malnutrition, industrial hazards, or climate) or to specific infective agents (as worms, bacteria, or viruses) or to inherent defects of the organism (as various genetic anomalies) or
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