感かん染せん症しょう

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Medical and general term for diseases caused by pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, or fungi. Often used in public health contexts.

〈人ひと〉が感かん染せん症しょうにかかるfor someone to contract an infectious disease
旅りょ行こう中ちゅうに感かん染せん症しょうにかかってしまった。
I ended up catching an infectious disease while traveling.
感かん染せん症しょうが流りゅう行こうするfor an infectious disease to spread widely
この地ち域いきでは毎まい年ねん冬ふゆに感かん染せん症しょうが流りゅう行こうする。
An infectious disease spreads through this region every winter.
感かん染せん症しょうを予よ防ぼうするto prevent an infectious disease
手て洗あらいは感かん染せん症しょうを予よ防ぼうする基き本ほん的てきな方ほう法ほうだ。
Washing your hands is a basic way to prevent infectious disease.
感かん染せん症しょうの検けん査さを受うけるto get tested for an infectious disease
帰き国こく後ご、感かん染せん症しょうの検けん査さを受うけた。
After returning home, I got tested for an infectious disease.

伝でん染せん病びょう
伝染病 is the older term emphasizing direct person-to-person contagion, while 感染症 is the modern, broader medical term covering all disease caused by pathogens.
疫えき病びょう
疫病 is a literary/historical word for a widespread plague or epidemic, whereas 感染症 is the neutral clinical term used in everyday medical contexts.

感かん染せんN2
感染 refers to the act or process of becoming infected, while 感染症 refers to the resulting disease itself.

種しゅ類るいN3
感染症 is typically counted with 種類 when referring to different kinds or types of infectious disease.
件けんN2
感染症 is counted with 件 when referring to individual reported cases or incidents of infection.

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Compound of 感染 (infection) and 症 (disease, condition). The term is a modern medical coinage.