Rare Diseases & Orphan Drugs

Infectious diseases

Many of the terms are normally used in describing the infectious diseases.  Disease refers to the presence of pathology and an infectious disease is an infection caused by a microorganism. Virulence is a term referring to the power of an organism to produce disease in a particular host. Immunity refers to the degree of resistance of the host for a specific microbe.  Many infectious maladies, such as measles and chickenpox, can be anticipated by vaccines. Infectious diseases can cause many distinctive symptoms. Some are mild that you may not even noticed the any side effects, while others can be the life-threatening. There are a medicinal products for a few infectious diseases, but for others, such as a few viruses, you can only treat your symptoms. You can take steps to prevent many infectious maladies. There are numerous  ways that you can get an infectious disease for example – through  animal or insects  bites, contaminated food, and water. Pregnant womens can too pass some germs along to their babies; the infectious diseases are usually characterized by the dominant organ system involved.