Microorganisms that cause disease in humans and other species are known as pathogens. The transmission of pathogens to a human or other host can occur in a number of ways, depending upon the microorganism. A common route is via water. The ingestion of...

In medicine, transmission is the passing of a disease from an infected individual or group to a previously uninfected individual or group. The microorganisms (bacteria and viruses) that cause disease may be transmitted from one person to another by one...

HSU, ELISABETH. The transmission of Chinese medicine. x, 296 pp., tables, bibliogr. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1999. [pounds sterling]40.00 (cloth); [pounds sterling]14.95 (paper) The Chinese system of state-sponsored traditional medicine received enormous publicity when the People's Republic was opened to visitors in the...

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HIV testing will soon become part of routine prenatal care and be required for some newborns in New Jersey under a new law that supporters say is putting the state in the forefront of the national fight against HIV transmission to babies.Acting Gov. Richard J....

Shares of General Motors Corp. hit a two-year high Thursday after the automaker said it had agreed to sell its Allison Transmission commercial and military business to an investment conglomerate and a private equity firm.The deal adds funds to GM's coffers as it gears up...