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For hw)how do you know if a disease is infectious or not?are all diseases that exist since birth noninfectious?is hemophilia infectious?
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Many viral induced: If a disease is not congenital then it is secondary to a chemical or infectious process. Latter is seen from MMTV virus causing breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer and lymphoma entering Wnt-1 gene. Other diseases caused by infection such as stomach cancer with helicobacter, colon Ca from polyoma virus as well as the leukemias. well recognized.
Answered 2/10/2017
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