| Descriptor English: | Communicable Diseases | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Enfermedades Transmisibles
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Doenças Transmissíveis | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Maladies transmissibles | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Communicable Disease Disease, Communicable Disease, Infectious Diseases, Communicable Diseases, Infectious Infectious Disease Infectious Diseases Transmissible Disease Transmissible Diseases |
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| Tree number(s): |
C01.221 C23.550.291.531 SP4.909.332 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003141 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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. |
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| Annotation: | general or unspecified; prefer specific disease |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy TM transmission UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Entry Combination: |
prevention & control:Communicable Disease Control
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| Entry Version: | COMMUNICABLE DIS |
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| Related: |
Disease Reservoirs
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| DeCS ID: | 28582 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D003141 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2016/05/12 |
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DISEASES
Infections [C01]Infections -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Environmental Health [SP4]Environmental Health -
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Communicable Diseases
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| Concept UI |
M0004868 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Communicable Diseases |
| Entry term(s) |
Communicable Disease Disease, Communicable Disease, Infectious Diseases, Communicable Diseases, Infectious Infectious Disease Infectious Diseases Transmissible Disease Transmissible Diseases |
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