The difference between an infectiologist, epidemiologist and virologist lies primarily in their respective areas of expertise.

Infectiologists are specialists in infectious diseases and deal with their diagnosis, research and therapy. This includes not only viral diseases, but also bacterial diseases.

Virologists, on the other hand, only study viruses and viral diseases. They study how viruses react to drugs and disinfectants and therefore work mainly in the laboratory.

Epidemiologists research the spread of diseases. In doing so, you deal with the causes of the spread and the consequences for the population. They study not only diseases that are infectious, but also chronic diseases such as diabetes.

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