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Bang's disease

(Encyclopedia)Bang's disease: see brucellosis. ...

rickettsia

(Encyclopedia)rickettsia rĭkĕtˈsēə [key], any of an order (Rickettsiales) of very small microorganisms, many disease-causing, that live in vertebrates and are transmitted by bloodsucking parasitic arthropods s...

public health

(Encyclopedia)public health, field of medicine and hygiene dealing with the prevention of disease and the promotion of health by government agencies. In the United States, public health authorities are engaged in m...

Dutch elm disease

(Encyclopedia)Dutch elm disease: see diseases of plants; elm. ...

congenital heart disease

(Encyclopedia)congenital heart disease, any defect in the heart present at birth. There is evidence that some congenital heart defects are inherited, but the cause of most cases is unknown. One known cause is infec...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

(Encyclopedia)Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: see prion. ...

coronary artery disease

(Encyclopedia)coronary artery disease, condition that results when the coronary arteries are narrowed or occluded, most commonly by atherosclerotic deposits of fibrous and fatty tissue. Coronary artery disease is t...

coronary heart disease

(Encyclopedia)coronary heart disease: see coronary artery disease. ...

chronic wasting disease

(Encyclopedia)chronic wasting disease: see prion. ...

hyaline membrane disease

(Encyclopedia)hyaline membrane disease: see infant respiratory distress syndrome. ...