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infectious disease

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A disorder directly resulting from the presence and activity of a microbial, viral, or parasitic agent. It can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact. [ ]

Term info

Label

infectious disease

Synonyms
  • clinical infection
  • communicable disease
  • disease by infectious agent
  • disorder due to infection
  • infection
  • infectious
  • infectious disease
  • infectious diseases and manifestations
  • infectious disorder
  • transmissible disease
database cross reference
comment

Replaces 'infection' in disease hierarchy. OBI imported term infection is moved to pathologic process. This class is a container class for infectious diseases, not the process of infection itself.

exactMatch

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050117, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D003141, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/40733004, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C26726, https://icd.codes/icd10cm/A00-B99

gwas trait

true

has related synonym

disease by infectious agent

id

EFO:0005741

term editor

Helen Parkinson