Data from these practices are reported online in a weekly return, which includes monitoring weekly rates of influenza-like illness (ILI) and other communicable and respiratory diseases in England.
According to a 2012 World Health Organization report, 63 percent of deaths were caused by communicable diseases, notably HIV/ AIDS, diarrheal diseases, malaria, tuberculosis, and childhood diseases.
For instance, although there are thousands of species of mosquitoes, only those of the genus Anopheles transmit malaria —the world’s second-deadliest communicable disease (after tuberculosis).
“You could have been exposed to a communicable disease before arriving in the United States, and knowing about this may be helpful to your physician in making a diagnosis.”
Greek writer Thomas Spelios commented: “The all-absorbing goal of the Orthodox Church and its educational system was to protect its communicants from the inroads of Islam and Roman Catholic propaganda.