Infectious Diseases (human)/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Infectious Diseases (human).

Clinically evident disease resulting from the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, including pathogenic viruses, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and aberrant proteins known as prions.