| property | object |
|---|---|
| is part of | health-lifesci.schema.org |
| superclass | description |
|---|---|
| MedicalEntity | The most generic type of entity related to health and the practice of medicine. |
| subclass | description |
|---|---|
| InfectiousDisease | An infectious disease is a clinically evident human disease resulting from the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, like pathogenic viruses, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and prions. To be considered an infectious disease, such pathogens are known to be able to cause this disease. |
| MedicalSignOrSymptom | Any feature associated or not with a medical condition. In medicine a symptom is generally subjective while a sign is objective. |