noun
imported infectious disease
Medical and public health term for an infectious disease that enters a country via an infected traveler or contaminated goods.
検疫所では輸入感染症の水際対策が行われている。
Quarantine stations carry out border measures against imported infectious diseases.
Compound of 輸入 (import) + 感染症 (infectious disease). The term is a modern medical coinage reflecting the concept of diseases crossing borders.