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Marburg virus disease

(Encyclopedia)Marburg virus disease, formerly known as Marburg virus hemorrhagic fever, disease caused by infection with a Marburg virus, a filovirus that belongs to a family (Filoviridae) of RNA viruses that also ...

motor neuron disease

(Encyclopedia)motor neuron disease: see amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ...

hyaline membrane disease

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

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. ...

sexually transmitted disease

(Encyclopedia)sexually transmitted disease (STD) or venereal disease, term for infections acquired mainly through sexual contact. Five diseases were traditionally known as venereal diseases: gonorrhea, syphilis, an...