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Subclinical infections

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027087

1. Infection associated with no detectable symptoms, but caused by microorganisms capable of producing easily recognizable diseases, like poliomyelitis and mumps.

2. An infection in which symptoms are sufficiently mild or inapparent to escape diagnosis other than by positive confirmation of the ability to transmit the infection or serologically.

3. Infection associated with no detectable clinical signs but caused by a microorganism capable of producing clinical illness. Infection may remain subclinical, or signs and symptoms of disease may subsequently become apparent.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027087
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBiological substances
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0); CancerWeb 2005; Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment; ILSI 2000; Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027087",
  "term": "Subclinical infections",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Subclinical Infections",
  "definition": "1. Infection associated with no detectable symptoms, but caused by microorganisms capable of producing easily recognizable diseases, like poliomyelitis and mumps.\n\n2. An infection in which symptoms are sufficiently mild or inapparent to escape diagnosis other than by positive confirmation of the ability to transmit the infection or serologically.\n\n3. Infection associated with no detectable clinical signs but caused by a microorganism capable of producing clinical illness. Infection may remain subclinical, or signs and symptoms of disease may subsequently become apparent.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus",
    "CancerWeb 2005; Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "ILSI 2000; Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/subclinical-infections/"
}

Record 26,355 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.