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Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases are diseases caused by biological agents, such as viruses, bacteria or parasites. An infectious disease is contagious if it is easily transmitted from one person to another. An infectious diseases specialist diagnoses and provides therapy for an infectious disease. He or she also works with patients and doctors, as well as laboratory scientists and immunologists.
Situations When an Infectious Disease Specialist is Needed
- The disease has not been definitively diagnosed after an initial workup
- The patient’s immune system is compromised (e.g., AIDS, or after undergoing chemotherapy)
- The infectious agent is uncommon (e.g. tropical diseases, fungal infections)
- The disease has not responded to antibiotics
- The disease might be dangerous to other patients, and the patient might have to be isolated (e.g. SARS)
Common Infectious Diseases
- Viral Infectious Diseases (e.g., AIDS, Chickenpox, Colds, Dengue Fever, Hand, foot and mouth Disease, Hepatitis, Herpes Zoster, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, SARS, Smallpox, Viral meningitis)
- Bacterial Infectious Diseases (e.g., Anthrax, Cholera, Leprosy, Lyme Disease, Syphilis, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever, Whooping Cough)
- Parasitic Infectious Diseases (e.g., Malaria, Pinworm infection, Scabies, Toxoplasmosis)
- Other types of infectious diseases (e.g., Transmissible Spongioform Encephalopathy (TSE), Bird Flu, Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease, Kuru)
