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Glossary Protagoniste1 #93723 Glossary of Infectious Disease Terminology

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Controlling Infectious Diseases »Controlling Infectious DiseasesControlling Infectious Diseases☜Mapping the issues around endemic diseases—such as malaria, measles, influenza, HIV, Dengue and West Nile Virus—with the aims of identifying improved control strategies and of providing insights into to the work of mathematical biologists, epidemiologists and public health officials in this field.☜F1CEB7

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GlossaryGlossary☜Glossary of Infectious Disease Terminology☜D3B8AB

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DALY »DALYDALY☜Disability-adjusted life year☜D3B8AB

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Elimination »EliminationElimination☜Elimination refers either to the reduction of an infectious diseases prevalence in a regional population to zero, or to the reduction of the global prevalence to a negligible amount.☜D3B8AB

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Eradication »EradicationEradication☜Eradication is the reduction of an infectious diseases prevalence in the global host population to zero.☜D3B8AB

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Incubation period »Incubation periodIncubation period☜Time from infection to onset of symptoms☜D3B8AB

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Infectious Diseases »Infectious DiseasesInfectious Diseases☜Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases of animals that can cause disease when transmitted to humans.☜D3B8AB

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Infectious period »Infectious periodInfectious period☜Duration of infectiousness☜D3B8AB

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Latent period »Latent periodLatent period☜Time from infection to onset of infectiousness☜D3B8AB

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QALY »QALYQALY☜Quality-adjusted life year☜D3B8AB

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Serosorting »SerosortingSerosorting☜Serosorting is the practice of choosing a sexual partner who shares, or is believed to share, the same sexually transmitted disease (e.g. HIV) to reduce the risk of transmitting or acquiring the disease.☜D3B8AB

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Date d'entrée (GMT): 3/1/2011 1:42:00 PM
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