From: The Infectious Disease Ontology in the age of COVID-19
IDO Core Term | Definition |
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infection | Material entity part of an extended organism that has some pathogen as part, which participates in the formation of the material entity by invading tissues of the organism. |
infectious disorder | Disorder that is part of an extended organism which has an infectious pathogen part, that exists as a result of a process of formation of disorder initiated by the infectious pathogen. |
infectious disease | Disease whose physical basis is an infectious disorder. |
infectious disease course | Disease course that is the realization of an infectious disease. |