infectious disease
MONDO:0005550Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names infectious disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005550), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (35)
- abscess
- Acanthamoeba infectious disease
- bacterial infectious disease
- Ciliophora infectious disease
- coinfection
- digestive system infectious disorder
- ear infection
- epididymitis
- eye infectious disorder
- fungal infectious disease
- hemorrhagic fever
- hirudiniasis
- hookworm infectious disease
- infectious disease with sepsis
- infectious disorder of the nervous system
- infectious embryofetopathy
- infectious myositis
- infectious peritonitis
- infective arthritis
- infective endocarditis
- infective vaginitis
- mycetoma
- nail infection
- nosocomial infection
- parasitic infectious disease
- prosthesis-related infectious disease
- protothecosis
- puerperal infection
- pythiosis
- respiratory tract infectious disorder
- sexually transmitted disease
- skin disorder caused by infection
- urinary tract infection
- vector-borne disease
- viral infectious disease
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: infectious disease
- Also called
- communicable diseaseinfectioninfectiousinfectious diseases and manifestationsinfectious disordertransmissible disease