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ShareIn medicine, infectious disease or communicable disease is disease caused by a biological agent such as by a virus, bacterium or parasite.
This is contrasted to physical causes, such as burns or chemical ones such as through intoxication.
For more information about the topic Infectious disease, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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Editor's Note: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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