infectious disease

disease caused by infection of pathogenic biological agents in a host organism
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q18123741
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infectious disease

Summary

infectious disease is a class of disease[1]. It draws 1,292 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #366 of 1,968).[2]

Key Facts

  • infectious disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
  • infectious disease's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • infectious disease is a type of disease[5].
  • infectious disease is a type of infection associated with diseases[6].
  • infectious disease's Commons category is recorded as Infectious diseases and disorders[7].
  • infectious disease is the opposite of non-communicable disease[8].
  • infectious disease's has cause is recorded as pathogen[9].
  • infectious disease's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Infectious diseases[10].
  • infectious disease's facet of is recorded as health risk[11].
  • infectious disease's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • infectious disease's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • infectious disease's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • infectious disease's described by source is recorded as Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia[15].
  • infectious disease's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • infectious disease's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[17].
  • infectious disease's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox medical condition[18].
  • infectious disease's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infectious disease[19].
  • infectious disease's topic has template is recorded as Template:Concepts in infectious disease[20].
  • infectious disease's has immediate cause is recorded as infection[21].
  • infectious disease's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/infectious-diseases[22].
  • infectious disease's has effect is recorded as infective psychosis[23].
  • infectious disease's has characteristic is recorded as incubation period[24].
  • infectious disease's manifestation of is recorded as pathogenesis[25].
  • infectious disease's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 079.0[26].
  • infectious disease's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 136.9[27].

Why It Matters

infectious disease draws 1,292 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #366 of 1,968).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Comparing national infectious disease surveillance systems: China and the Netherlands. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has immediate cause infection
    History of topic history of infectious diseases
    Has cause pathogen
    Topic has template Template:Infobox medical condition, Template:Infectious disease, Template:Concepts in infectious disease
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