Infectious diseases

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003417",
  "term": "Infectious diseases",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxins that occurs through the direct or indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or via an animal, vector or the inanimate environment to a susceptible animal or human host.",
  "synonyms": [
    "communicable diseases"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "infectious diseases and infestations",
    "plant diseases and disorders",
    "disease reservoirs",
    "disease transmission",
    "infectious disease incubation period",
    "infection",
    "mycoses",
    "notifiable disease",
    "prion diseases",
    "sexually transmitted diseases",
    "emerging diseases",
    "viral diseases of animals and humans",
    "bacterial infections"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "enfermedades infecciosas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/infectious-diseases/"
}