Infection - General

Acute:
Lasting for a limited duration only with no long lasting carrier stage

Chronic:
Continuing, or possibly continuing, infection, even without symptoms or signs of infection.

Infectious Diseases:
Are infections that can easily be passed from person to person, either through casual or intimate contact.

Non Contagious Disease:
Is a disease which is not transmitted person to person without the aid of a vector (e.g. a mosquito) or is a disease that is the result of an environmental issue which may be shared e.g. food poisoning.

See:
Is there a specific A-Z index entry for the condition?

If not, see as appropriate:
Infection - Acute
Infection - Chronic
Pyrexia

Contact with:
See:
Infectious Diseases - Contact With
Non-Contagious Diseases - Contact With

Symptomless carriers of Staphylococcus aureus (including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)), accept.

Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19)
Endocarditis
Giardiasis
Hepatitis
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis E
Herpes Simplex
HIV
HTLV
Malaria
Osteomyelitis
Parvovirus B19
Prion Associated Diseases
Pyrexia
Rabies
Rheumatic Fever
Sexually Transmitted Disease
South American Trypanosomiasis
Syphilis
Tetanus
Thrush
Toxoplasmosis
Tropical Viruses
Tuberculosis
Viral Haemorrhagic Fever
West Nile Virus

A link to the Pyrexia entry has been added and the See if Relevant section has been updated.

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