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Infectious Disease
Infectious Diseases
• Disease: conditions that impair normal
tissue function
• Genetic or Metabolic diseases: ex Cystic
Fibrosis
• Disease of aging: ex atherosclerosis
• Infectious Disease: caused by the invasion
of a host by agent’s whose activities harm
the host’s tissues
• Pathogens: microorganisms that are
capable of causing disease