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disease causative agent

the biological pathogen that causes a disease, such as a virus, parasite, fungus, or bacterium
Class type of: risk source, agents (Medicine) Q2826767
disease causative agent
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Facts

4 properties
Subclass of
risk source, agents (Medicine)[1][2]
Afflicts
plant, animal[4][5]
Has effect
disease, infection[6][7]
Said to be the same as
etiology[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en disease causative agent ar عامل مسبب للمرض de Krankheitsauslöser es agente patógeno fr agent pathogène it agente causale della malattia ja 病気の原因物質 ja 疾患の原因物質 ms agen penyebab penyakit nl ziekteverwekkend agens ro agent patogen ro patogen ru возбудитель заболевания uk ймовірна причина захворювання
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0g4_xs
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777656082
UMLS CUI
C0449411
Vikidia article ID
fr:Agent_pathogène

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