Communicable/ Infectious Diseases (Matenda Opatsirana)

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What are infectious diseases?


These are diseases that can be transmitted (transferred) by pests, parasites, and animals or passed on from one person to another.
Infectious diseases are a  major problem around the globe especially in developing countries. Some of the most common infectious diseases in the wolrd that can be labelled as top 10 include:

1. HIV and AIDS
2. Ebola
3. SARS
4. Malaria
5. Anthrax
6. Cholera
7. Bubonic plague
8. Influenza
9. Typhoid fever
10. Smallpox

CHICHEWA


Kodi tikamati matenda opatsirana titanthauzanji?


Matenda opatsirana omwe pa chizungu amatchedwa "infectious diseases", ndi matenda omwe tikhoza kutenga kuchokera ku tizilombo (monga udzudzu, ntchentche), zinyama (monga mbewa, nkhumba, ng'ombe) kapena kupatsirana wina ndi mzake (monga chimfine, HIV/AIDS ndi matenda ena opatsirana).

Matenda opatsirana ndi vuto lalikulu pa dziko lapansi maka maka mu maiko amene akutukuka kumene. Ena mwa matenda khumi opatsirana amane ali owopsya kwambiri pa dziko lonse ndi awa:

1. HIV and AIDS (EDZI)
2. Ebola
3. SARS
4. Malaria (Malungo)
5. Anthrax
6. Cholera (Kolera)
7. Bubonic plague
8. Influenza (Chimfine)
9. Typhoid fever (Kamwazi)
10. Smallpox (Nthomba)