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iatrogenic diseases

diseases contracted from medical prodecures

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nosocomial disease

diseases acquired in hospital settings

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5 periods of disease

incubation period - the first stage of acute disease, during which the pathogen begins multiplying in the host and signs and symptoms are not observable

Prodromal period - pathogen continues to multiply, host starts to feel general signs/symptoms of illness.

Period of illness - where signs and symptoms of disease are most obvious and severe

Period of decline - numbers of pathogen particles begin to decrease, signs/symptoms decline

Period of convalescence -

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