An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003141
altLabel
Diseases, Infectious
Disease, Infectious
Disease, Communicable
Infectious Disease
Infectious Diseases
Communicable Disease
Diseases, Communicable
AN
general or unspecified; prefer specific disease
AQL
BL CF CI CL CN CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PP PS PX RH RT SU TH TM UR VE VI
cui
C0009450
DC
1
definition
An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host.