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Communicable Disease Control

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Definition: Programs of surveillance designed to prevent the transmission of disease by any means from person to person or from animal to man.  general only: prefer specific disease with /prev; INFECTION CONTROL is also available: see note there   
See Also Disease Eradication; Disease Reservoirs; Disease Vectors; Infection Control; Infectious Disease Medicine
Examples Contact Tracing; Disease Notification; Fumigation; Handwashing; Immunization; Infection Control; Mandatory Testing; Pest Control; Sanitation; Universal Precautions 		Other names Control, Parasite; Control, Communicable Disease; Parasite Control

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