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List of chronic diseases linked to infectious pathogens
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==Links to chronic disease== There are several explanations for why a pathogen is found associated with a disease: * The pathogen is an "innocent bystander" that plays no causal role in the disease, but is more prevalent in patients with the disease (for example because the disease compromises the immune response). * The pathogen increases the risk of getting the disease, but does not actually cause the disease. For example, genital herpes increases the risk of catching HIV, but does not cause AIDS.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Freeman | first = Esther E. | last2 = Weiss | first2 = Helen A. | last3 = Glynn | first3 = Judith R. | last4 = Cross | first4 = Pamela L. | last5 = Whitworth | first5 = James A. | last6 = Hayes | first6 = Richard J. | date = 2006-01-02 | title = Herpes simplex virus 2 infection increases HIV acquisition in men and women: systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16327322/|journal=AIDS (London, England)|volume=20|issue=1 | pages = 73–83|doi=10.1097/01.aids.0000198081.09337.a7|issn=0269-9370|pmid=16327322}}</ref> * The pathogen causes the disease, but only combined with other causal factors (such as host genetic factors, or toxic exposure). * The pathogen is a singular cause of the disease.
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