COMMUNICABLE DISEASE Definition & Meaning

communicable disease

Any disease transmitted from one person or animal to another; also called contagious disease . Sometimes quarantine is required to prevent the spread of disease.

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Such issues include communicable diseases, water management and renewable energy.

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The improvements were due primarily to decreasing deaths from communicable diseases — at least one of which declined by 99 percent.

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"Vaccines are always our best defence against infectious, communicable diseases," adds Dr Williams.

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“We have had multiple dairies refuse a site visit,” wrote the communicable disease program manager in Weld, Colorado, in a July 2 email.

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Head lice used to be listed as a communicable disease, and had to report it to the Health Department, King added.

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