'''Medicina morborum contagiosorum'''<ref>''De contagione et contagiosis morbis''</ref> est [[disciplina]] [[medicina]]e et [[biologia]]e, quae contagiones [[diagnosis|discernendas]], continendas, curandas tractat. Studet quoquoquoque condiciones, cum quibus noxia viva sicut [[bacteria]], [[Virus biologicum|vira]], et [[fungus|fungi]] [[corpus]] [[homo|humanum]] irrumpumt, illic multiplicantur nocentque organismo.<ref>[https://www.hirslanden.ch/global/en/home/healthcare_and_medicine/topics_and_articles/diseases_and_conditions/specialities_fmh/infectology.html Commentarius ex in situ interretiali Hirslanden].</ref> Huius disciplinae periti (vulgo ''infectiologi'') saepe medicis adstant in aerumnis immunologicis, quae e.g. ex [[contagia|contagiis]] [[Valetudinarium|nosocomialibus]] vel e [[SCDI]] et aliis generibus immunitatis deficientis oriuntur. Consuluntur et de causis, ubi [[contagio]] obscura est et febris gravis non cessat cum tractatione. Etiam ad discernendum febrem incognitae originis rogari possunt.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.abmsdirectory.com/pdf/Resources_guide_physicians.pdf|title = ABMS Guide to Medical Specialties}}.</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title = The Value of an Infectious Diseases Specialist {{!}} Safe HealthcareSafe Healthcare {{!}} Blogs {{!}} CDC|url = http://blogs.cdc.gov/safehealthcare/2013/10/25/the-value-of-an-infectious-diseases-specialist/|website = blogs.cdc.gov|accessdate = 2015-11-14}}</ref>
In [[Civitates Foederatae|Civitatibus Foederatis]] medicina morborum contagiosorum est disciplina sub medicina interna et [[pediatrica]].
