Table 7 Virus and subclass definitions from VIDO
From: The Infectious Disease Ontology in the age of COVID-19
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
virus | Acellular structure with RNA or DNA genetic material which uses host metabolic resources for RNA or DNA replication. |
positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus | Virus with genetic material encoded in single-stranded RNA that can be translated directly into proteins. |
virus disorder | Infectious disorder that exists as a result of a process of formation of a disorder initiated by a virus. |
viral disease | Infectious disease inhering in a virus disorder that is a disorder due to the presence of the virus. |
viral disease course | Infectious disease course whose physical basis is a virus disorder that is clinically abnormal in virtue of the presence of the relevant virus. |
symptomatic carrier role (IDO Core) | Pathogen host role borne by an organism whose extended organism contains a pathogen bearing an infectious disposition towards the host, and the host has manifested symptoms of the infectious disease caused by the pathogen. |
asymptomatic carrier role (IDO Core) | Pathogen host role borne by an organism whose extended organism contains a pathogen bearing an infectious disposition towards the host, and the host has no symptoms of the infectious disease caused by the pathogen. |
subclinical infection (IDO Core) | Infection that is part of an asymptomatic carrier. |
subclinical virus infection | Subclinical infection that is part of a virus host. |