Infectious Disease Therapeutics refers to the use of drugs and other treatments to prevent, cure, or manage infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.

Infectious disease is one of the leading causes of significant burden in the global healthcare industry. Infectious Disease Therapeutics are caused by a variety of infectious agents such as viruses, viroids, bacteria, nematodes such as parasitic roundworms and pinworms, arthropods such as ticks, mites, fleas, and lice, fungi such as ringworm, and other macroparasites such as tapeworms and other helminths. The introduction of various technologically advanced diagnosis and treatment options, as well as advancements in hygiene, vaccination, and antimicrobial therapy, have reduced the number of infectious disease deaths.

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