Medical and veterinary specialty that studies infectious processes. It is Greco-Latin, as it is formed by the Latin infectus ("corrupt, poisoned") and the Greek 955; 959; 947; 953; 945; ( lodge "knowledge") .
INFECTOLOGY science that studies the infective processes, epidemics and pandemics, produced by viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, insects, vermes, larvae and other external pathogens, and their corresponding treatments.