Chronic Disease: A disease or illness that is associated with lifestyle or environment factors as opposed to infectious diseases (hypo kinetic diseases are considered to be chronic diseases).

 

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Chronic Disease: A disease or illness that is associated with lifestyle or environment factors as opposed to infectious diseases (hypo kinetic diseases are considered to be chronic diseases).

Hypokinetic Disease: A condition or disease resulting from a sedentary lifestyle or too little activity. Examples include obesity, diabetes, back pains, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, etc. ...

Lyme Disease: A zoonotic disease vectored by ticks. Small mammals are the main reservoir species.

Mad Cow Disease: The common term used for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Huntington Disease: A progressive and fatal disorder of the nervous system that develops between the ages of 30 and 50 years; caused by an expansion of a trinucleotide repeat and inherited as a dominant trait.

Foot-And-Mouth Disease (FMD): A major disease of cloven-footed animals (e.g., cattle and pigs) that does not exist in the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service conducts a surveillance program to t . . . View Full Definition

Disease Vectors: Plants or animals that harbor and carry disease organisms which may attack crops or livestock.

Disease-Associated Genes: Alleles carrying particular dna sequences associated with the presence of disease.

Emerging Infectious Disease (EID): A disease that has been recently discovered, recently increased in incidence, geography, or host range, or is newly evolved.

Occupational Illness-Disease: Defined by OSHA as 'any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from an occupational injury, caused by exposure to factors associated with employment.'