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COMMUNICABLE DISEASE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
  • Biotechnology
  • Citizenship and Immigration
DEF

A disease, the causative organism of which is transmissible from one person to another either directly or indirectly through a carrier or vector.

Key term(s)
  • transmitting disease

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Biotechnologie
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
DEF

[Maladie] causée par un agent infectieux ou le produit toxique qu'il élabore, soit directement d'un sujet à un autre, soit par l'intermédiaire d'un hôte, d'un vecteur biologique ou d'un milieu inanimé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Epidemiología
  • Biotecnología
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
DEF

Enfermedad causada por un agente infeccioso específico o sus productos tóxicos, que se manifiesta por la transmisión de este agente o sus productos, de un reservorio a un huésped susceptible, ya sea directamente de una persona o animal infectado, o indirectamente por medio de un huésped intermediario, de naturaleza vegetal o animal, de un vector o del medio ambiente inanimado.

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