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source of infection

is the site from which organisms are transmitted to a susceptible host, either directly or indirectly through an intermediary object, such as fecal-oral, fecal-soil, excreta, tissue, food, seafood/shellfish, dairy, edible plant, water.
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source of infection

Summary

source of infection is an etiology[1].

Key Facts

  • source of infection's instance of is recorded as etiology[2].
  • source of infection's instance of is recorded as source type[3].
  • source of infection is a type of risk source[4].
  • source of infection is a type of source entity[5].
  • source of infection's facet of is recorded as infectious disease[6].
  • source of infection's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as source control (respiratory disease)[7].
  • source of infection's characteristic of is recorded as infectious disease[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include etiology[2] and source type[3]. Recorded subclass of include risk source[4] and source entity[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id → 541553
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1236b3q9
    Subclass of → risk source, source entity
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → source control (respiratory disease)
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
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