Are all diseases infectious?
August 31st, 1997
I came across an interesting article, published by the American College of Physicians. It discusses the topic of “autoimmune” diseases, and how many diseases originally thought to be autoimmune diseases are really infectious diseases. IBD is discussed in brief, with reference to both mycobacterial infection and measles infection.
You can read it at
http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/15nov96/infdis.htm
It provides a good overview of medical opinions on many illnesses are changing.
