infectious disease
A disorder directly resulting from the presence and activity of a microbial, viral, or parasitic agent in humans. It can be transmitted by direct or indirect contact.
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.
Exact Synonyms
communicable disease
infection
infectious disease
infectious diseases and manifestations
infectious disorder
infectious
transmissible disease
Related Synonyms
disease by infectious agent
Narrow Synonyms
clinical infection
class Information
has exact match
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- disease by infectious agentdoid
- infectious diseaseefo
- ICD10CM:A00-B99
- ICD9:079.0
- ICD9:136.8
- ICD9:136.9
- infectious diseaseido
- MEDGEN:1057
- MESH:D003141
- Infectious Disorderncit
- SCTID:40733004
- UMLS:C0009450
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class Relations
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disease has basis in feature