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Infection

An infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable disease, is an illness resulting from an infection.

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1,214,241
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255,553
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21,461,573
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2,390,458
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1,330,825
Prior Five Years
938,652

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