伝染病
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Meanings
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infectious disease; contagious disease; epidemic
Medical term for diseases that spread from person to person or via vectors. In everyday news, it often refers to outbreaks and epidemics.
Handwashing is important for preventing infectious diseases.
An epidemic is spreading in that region.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が伝染病にかかるto catch/contract an infectious disease
He caught an infectious disease in Africa.
- 伝染病が流行するan infectious disease spreads/becomes epidemic
Last year, an infectious disease spread through this region.
- 伝染病を予防するto prevent an infectious disease
Vaccines are administered to prevent infectious diseases.
- 伝染病が発生するan infectious disease breaks out
A new infectious disease broke out in that village.
- 〈物〉が伝染病を媒介する(a carrier) transmits an infectious disease
Mosquitoes transmit many infectious diseases.