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.
その地域で伝染病が流行している。
An epidemic is spreading in that region.
He caught an infectious disease in Africa.
Last year, an infectious disease spread through this region.
Vaccines are administered to prevent infectious diseases.
A new infectious disease broke out in that village.
Mosquitoes transmit many infectious diseases.