Classify the following diseases as infectious or noninfectious.

(a) AIDS - Infectious

(b) Tuberculosis - Infectious


(c) Cholera - Infectious


(d) High blood pressure – No- Infectious


(e) Heart disease – Non-Infectious


(f) Pneumonia - Infectious


(g) Cancer – Non-Infectious


Infectious disease is caused by a pathogen that enters the body and can be transferred from person to person. Non-infectious disease is not caused by a pathogen or organism carrying disease.


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