# Infectious disease

- kind: region

The oldest killers, several now beaten and a few coming back.

## Problems

- [What causes infectious disease](/wiki/Problem:germ-theory.md) (solved)
- [Smallpox eradication](/wiki/Problem:smallpox-eradication.md) (solved)
- [Polio eradication](/wiki/Problem:polio-eradication.md) (partial)
- [Antimicrobial resistance](/wiki/Problem:antimicrobial-resistance.md) (open)
- [A cure for HIV](/wiki/Problem:hiv-cure.md) (partial)
- [A malaria vaccine](/wiki/Problem:malaria-vaccine.md) (partial)

Part of [Medicine](/wiki/Continent:medicine.md).

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