emerging infectious disease agent
C27457
concept
An emerging infectious disease agent is a newly identified or previously known microorganism whose incidence in humans has increased or threatens to increase in the near future, often due to ecological, environmental, or societal changes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| zoonotic virus | 2 |
| emerging infectious disease agent canonical | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: emerging infectious disease agent
Generated description
An emerging infectious disease agent is a newly identified or previously known microorganism whose incidence in humans has increased or threatens to increase in the near future, often due to ecological, environmental, or societal changes.
Instances (3)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Tilapia lake virus | — |
| SARS-CoV-2 | zoonotic virus |
| Hendra virus | zoonotic virus |