infectious disease
C7762
concept
An infectious disease is a disorder caused by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites that can be transmitted directly or indirectly from one host to another.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| infectious disease canonical | 8 |
| zoonotic disease | 2 |
| bacterial disease | 1 |
| bacterial infection | 1 |
| human disease | 1 |
| influenza virus | 1 |
| opportunistic infection | 1 |
| respiratory disease | 1 |
| skin infection | 1 |
| viral hemorrhagic fever | 1 |
| viral infectious disease | 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: infectious disease
Generated description
An infectious disease is a disorder caused by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites that can be transmitted directly or indirectly from one host to another.
Instances (12)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Plasmodium falciparum malaria | — |
| progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy | opportunistic infection |
| Captain Trips | influenza virus |
| HIV/AIDS | — |
| Epstein–Barr virus infection | viral infectious disease |
| carbuncle | skin infection |
| diphtheria | — |
|
The Flu
surface form:
Influenza
|
— |
| Ebola virus disease | viral hemorrhagic fever |
| tetanus | — |
| tularemia | — |
|
Kurt Jensen
surface form:
tuberculosis
|
— |