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Infectious diseases
Infectious diseases refers to a group of medical conditions that can be transmitted from human to human, object to human, and sometimes animal/insect to human. Causes of infectious diseases include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and prions.
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Trusted database of all infectious diseases website link? What about database of toxicology as well. Anything similar would be of interest. Thanx.
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