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Communicable Disease

Date of Publication:

3/28/2019

Definition:

An illness due to a specific infectious agent or its toxic products that arises through transmission of that agent or its products from an infected or affected individual, animal, or a reservoir to a susceptible host, either directly or indirectly through an intermediate animal host, vector, or the inanimate environment.

Source of Definition:

Public Health Emergency Management within the Department of Defense

Related Glossary Terms:

Communicable Disease

Last Updated: January 19, 2023
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