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Parent topics
- Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. [e]
- Health Sciences [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Infectious disease [r]: Diseases caused by living organisms. [e]
- Microbiology [r]: The study of microorganisms (overlapping with areas of virology, bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology). [e]
Subtopics
- Legionnaires' disease [r]: Type of pneumonia caused by the bacterial species Legionella pneumophila, a ubiquitous aquatic organism that thrives in warm environments. [e]
Other related topics
- Coxiella burnetii [r]: The rickettsia that causes Q fever. [e]
- Cross infection [r]: Any infection which a patient contracts in a health-care institution (National Library of Medicine) [e]
- Horizontal gene transfer [r]: Transfer of genetic material to a being other than one of the donor's offspring. [e]
- Industrial cooling tower [r]: Heat rejection systems used primarily to provide circulating cooling water in large industrial facilities. [e]
