Infectious diseases, which are also called communicable diseases, kill more people worldwide than anything else.Communicable Diseases
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Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the most commonly reported communicable infection in the United States. Because chlamydia is primarily asymptomatic disease, it often goes unnoticed and if left untreated, can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women, and result in infertility in both men and women. Chlamydia is an STI caused by bacteria called chlamydia trachomatis .
Many people forget about public health until there’s an outbreak, like the rise of H1N1 virus (or Swine Flu). Public health is a field of medicine that operates in areas other than infectious disease, and long before an epidemic takes hold. Public Health, in fact, includes the “protection and improvement” of overall health of the masses. Historically, public health has concentrated on communicable diseases, hygiene, and prevention of epidemics. The discipline has expanded over the years to encom





