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cord-355024-v5lahyw4	van Seventer, Jean Maguire	Principles of Infectious Diseases: Transmission, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control	2016-10-24		.txt	text/plain	10079	458	37	An infectious disease can be defined as an illness due to a pathogen or its toxic product, which arises through transmission from an infected person, an infected animal, or a contaminated inanimate object to a susceptible host. The outcome of exposure to an infectious agent depends, in part, upon multiple host factors that determine individual susceptibility to infection and disease. The goal of secondary prevention is to halt the progress of an infection during its early, often asymptomatic stages so as to prevent disease development or limit its severity; steps important for not only improving the prognosis of individual cases but also preventing infectious agent transmission. Broadly, public health efforts to control infectious diseases focus on primary and secondary prevention activities that reduce the potential for exposure to an infectious agent and increase host resistance to infection. A susceptible host is an individual who is at risk of infection and disease following exposure to an infectious agent.	./cache/cord-355024-v5lahyw4.txt	./txt/cord-355024-v5lahyw4.txt