Distinguish between infectious and non-infectious disease?
| Infectious disease | Non-infectious disease |
| Diseases where microbes are the immediate causes are called infectious diseases. | Disease which are not caused by microbes are called non infectious disease. |
| Microbes can spread in the community, and the the diseases they cause will spread within the community. | These diseases do not spread from one individual to the other. |
| Eg. Typhoid, malaria | Eg. Rheumatic heart disease, arthritis. |
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