disease by infectious agent

Term ID

DOID:0050117

Synonyms

• infectious disease

Definition

A disease that is the consequence of the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, including pathogenic viruses, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and aberrant proteins known as prions. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C26726

References

• ICD9CM:079.0
• UMLS_CUI:C0001485

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:0050117 )