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The infection is the term for an infectious disease in general, or contamination by germs. It is the pathological consequence in a tissue or body of the abnormal presence and / or replication of a microbe bacterial, viral or fungal.

Contamination is the penetration of the germ in a body.

The infection is the branch of medicine for infectious diseases. The doctor is an infectious diseases specialist. Depending on the type of seed, also known as bacteriology, virology, parasitology. Sepsis is a serious infection. The term tank refers to a body or an object contaminated by a microbe (eg septic tank). Sepsis is a serious contamination and sustainable (without treatment) from the blood by a germ. Bacteremia is transient contamination of blood by a germ. When cases are increasing at a place and a limited time, we speak of an epidemic. If the distribution is much more widespread, it is called a pandemic.

When the epidemic on the animal community, we speak of an epidemic.

When the germ is transmitted from animals to man is spoken of anthropozoonosis or simply zoonosis. The contagion denotes contamination by germs. The incubation period is the period between contagion and the first manifestation of the disease. The patient may be contagious during this time. The contagious period is the time during which the patient excretes the germ and can transmit it. It depends on each infectious disease. Nosocomial infections are infections caught in hospital. They are particularly complex and dangerous because they occur in people weakened and often involve bacteria resistant to antibiotics. This is an issue of major public health.