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  2. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Epstein–Barr virus infectious mononucleosis (Mono) Fever – usually lasting 14 days; often mild. Sore throat – usually severe for 3–5 days, before resolving in the next 7–10 days. Swollen glands – mobile; usually located around the back of the neck (posterior cervical lymph nodes) and sometimes throughout the body.

  3. Infectious causes of cancer - Wikipedia

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    Herpesviruses also cause cancer in animals, especially leukemias and lymphomas. [13] Human T cell lymphotropic virus was the first human retrovirus discovered by Robert Gallo and colleagues at NIH. [20] The virus causes Adult T-cell leukemia, a disease first described by Takatsuki and colleagues in Japan [21] and other neurological diseases ...

  4. List of autoimmune diseases - Wikipedia

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    List of autoimmune diseases. Dermatosis in Crohn's disease. Demyelination in MS. PAS stain of lupus nephritis. Autoimmune urticaria. Proptosis in Graves' disease. This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the ...

  5. Cancer - Wikipedia

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    Average five-year survival 66% (USA) [5] Frequency. 24 million annually (2019) [6] Deaths. 10 million annually (2019) [6] Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [2] [7] These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. [7]

  6. List of cancer types - Wikipedia

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    Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells, with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [1] Not all tumors or lumps are cancerous; benign tumors are not classified as being cancer because they do not spread to other parts of the body. [ 1 ]

  7. Infections associated with diseases - Wikipedia

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    Autoimmune diseases are associated with Neoehrlichia mikurensis infection, and Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and HIV, and the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Autoimmune thyroid disease is associated with Epstein-Barr virus. Cancer: Anal cancer is associated with human papillomaviruses. Bladder cancer Schistosoma helminths can cause cancer.

  8. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    List of fictional diseases, diseases found only in works of fiction. Airborne disease, a disease that spreads through the air. Contagious disease, a subset of infectious diseases. Cryptogenic disease, a disease whose cause is currently unknown. Disseminated disease, a disease that is spread throughout the body.

  9. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...