Main difference between inherited and infectious diseases is?

Inherited: one generation to next & infectious is airborne

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Inherited from one generation to next & infectious by human contact

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Inherited by blood transfusion & infectious from one generation to next

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None of the choices

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Inherited from one generation to next & infectious by human contact

The main difference between infectious and inherited disease is that inherited disease is transferred from one generation to the next, while infectious disease is transferred from infected to the healthy person.

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