blood-borne disease

C7764
concept

A blood-borne disease is an illness caused by pathogenic microorganisms present in human blood or other bodily fluids that can be transmitted through exposure to infected blood, such as via needlestick injuries, transfusions, or sexual contact.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
blood-borne disease canonical 1
hepatitis C treatment 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: blood-borne disease
Generated description
A blood-borne disease is an illness caused by pathogenic microorganisms present in human blood or other bodily fluids that can be transmitted through exposure to infected blood, such as via needlestick injuries, transfusions, or sexual contact.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
velpatasvir
surface form: Velpatasvir
hepatitis C treatment
HIV/AIDS