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Infection

An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease is an illness resulting from an infection, and some infectious diseases are also communicable (transmissible).

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Causes
Bacterial, viral, parasitic, fungal, prion
Specialty
Infectious diseases

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Types

Signs and symptoms

Pathophysiology

Diagnosis

Prevention

Treatments

Susceptibility to infection

Epidemiology

Germ theory of disease

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Infection

Nodes453
Edges452
Triples251
Avg. degree2
Density0.004415
Components1

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Infection

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related to Types · 28
Infection → Arthropods, Ascomycota, Aspergillus, Babesia, Bacteria, Basidiomycota, Candida, Clostridium, Cryptococcus, Diseases, Ebolavirus, Escherichia, Fungi, HIV, Infections, Lyssaviruses, Macroparasites, Mycobacterium, Parasites, Pneumocystis
related to Transmission · 19
Infection → Common, Droplet, Entamoeba, Escherichia, Fecal-oral, For, Giardia, Iatrogenic, If, It, Most, Oral, Sexual, Some, Transmission, Vector-borne, Vehicle, Vertical, Vibrio
related to Susceptibility to infection · 16
Infection → Autoantibodies, Covid, COVID-19, ERAP2, For, However, IFN, IFNs, Large, One, Pandemics, People, SARS-CoV-2, Similarly, This, Yersinia
related to Colonization · 15
Infection → All, An, Corynebacteria, Entrance, Individuals, Most, Neither, Non-pathogenic, Some, The, This, Those, Viridans, While, Wound
related to External links · 13
Infection → America, Centers, ControlU, Disease Control, Disease Prevention, Emerging, Emerging Infectious Diseases, European Center, IDSA, Infectious Disease Society, Microbes, Prevention, Vaccine Research Center Information
related to Disease · 12
Infection → Clostridium, Creutzfeldt, Disease, For, Jakob, Microorganisms, Not, On, Persistent, Some, The, There
related to Fossil record · 11
Infection → Acrocanthosaurus, Allosaurus, Evidence, Herrerasaurus, Kirtland Formation, Other, Scientists, Signs, The, Tyrannosaurus, When
related to Indication of tests · 10
Infection → AIDS, AZT, By, For, HIV, In, Molecular, The, There, Thus
related to Metagenomic sequencing · 10
Infection → Additionally, An, DNA, For, Given, Metagenomic, PCR, Simultaneously, Thirdly, This
has treatment · 9
Infection → Antibiotics, Antimicrobial, Depending, Not, Several, Severe, Sometimes, The, When

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disease infectious infections diseases host may bacteria pathogens cause also agent pathogen transmission example specific infected used caused immune often

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
InfectionCausesBacterial, viral, parasitic, fungal, prion1.00infobox
InfectionSpecialtyInfectious diseases1.00infobox
Infectionis ainvasion of tissues by pathogens0.90text
Infectionis ainitial site of infection from which organisms travel via the bloodstream to another area of the body.Primary versus opportunistic Among the many varieties of microorganisms0.90text
Infectionis asequela or complication of that root cause0.90text
Infectionis ainfection that is caused by two or more pathogens0.90text
Infectionis amost common cause include pneumonia0.90text
Infectionis ainitial site of infection from which organisms travel via the bloodstream to another area of the body0.90text
viroidsinstance ofViruses and subviral agents0.80text
prionsinstance ofViruses and subviral agents0.80text
Rabies virusinstance ofLyssaviruses0.80text
Ebolavirusinstance ofLyssaviruses0.80text

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