Infectious Disease

A disease caused by a virus or a bacterium. Examples of viruses causing an infectious diseases are: HIV-1 virus, herpes simplex, Epstein-Barr virus and leukemia virus. Examples of bacterial infectious diseases are tuberculosis and syphilis. Other infectious disease include: typhoid, whooping cough, meningitis, hepatitis, cholera, infectious monoucleosis, poliomyelitis, rheumatic fever and dysentery. Our specialists accurately identify and treat diseases which are capable of being spread by infection.

Many diseases are spread through contact with someone or something that is infected. These diseases are easily transmittable and must be controlled. By identifying the type and source of the disease, our physicians are able to prescribe appropriate treatment and prevent the disease from spreading.



 


 


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