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This chapter deals with microorganisms, namely bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites and are responsible for a large number of infectious diseases in humans. Tropical and developing countries are affected more by infectious diseases than the developed countries. Diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy, typhoid fever, cholera, measles, pertussis, malaria, amoebiasis, pneumonia, etc. still continue to be the major health problems in the developing countries.

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    Vinay Kumar Kohli

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    Chitra Kohli

  3. Department of Pathology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India

    Akanksha Singh

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Kohli, V.K., Kohli, C., Singh, A. (2022). Infectious Diseases. In: Comprehensive Multiple-Choice Questions in Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08767-7_5

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