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DOID:4
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disease
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A disease is a disposition (i) to undergo pathological processes that (ii) exists in an organism because of one or more disorders in that organism. |
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DOID:0050117
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disease by infectious agent
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A disease that is the consequence of the presence of pathogenic microbial agents, including pathogenic viruses, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites, and aberrant proteins known as prions. |
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DOID:1398
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parasitic infectious disease
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A disease by infectious agent that is carried out by a parasite which by definition is a pathogen that simultaneously injures and derives sustenance from its host. |
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DOID:4110
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parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease
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A parasitic infectious disease that is caused by organisms that live primarily on the surface of the host. |
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DOID:8295
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scabies
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A mite infestation that is a contagious ectoparasite skin infection caused by human itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei type hominis, which burrows into the upper layer of the skin but never below the stratum corneum causing severe itching and a rash found on the hands, folds of the wrist, elbow or knee, penis, breast, and shoulder blades. |
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DOID:7894
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mite infestation
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A parasitic ectoparasitic infectious disease that involves infestation of mites belonging to the family Sarcoptidae, Trombiculidae and Demodicidae. |
