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Disease Transmission, Infectious MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Tree Number(s)
N06.850.335
Unique ID
D018562
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018562
Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer /‌transm with specific diseases
Scope Note
The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens. When transmission is within the same species, the mode can be horizontal or vertical (INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL).
Entry Term(s)
Autochthonous Transmission
Close-Contact Infectious Disease Transmission
Close-Contact Transmission
Communicable Disease Transmission
Community Spread
Community Transmission
Disease Superspreader Event
Disease Superspreading
Droplet Transmission of Infectious Disease
Droplet Transmission, Infectious Disease
Horizontal Transmission of Infection
Horizontal Transmission of Infectious Disease
Infection Transmission
Infection Transmission, Horizontal
Infectious Disease Droplet Transmission
Infectious Disease Transmission
Infectious Disease Transmission, Horizontal
Pathogen Transmission
Pathogen Transmission, Horizontal
Person-to-Person Transmission
Transmission of Infectious Disease
Transmission, Infectious Disease
Previous Indexing
Communicable Diseases/transmission (1974-1994)
See Also
Carrier State
Communicable Diseases
Fomites
Public MeSH Note
2009; see DISEASE TRANSMISSION (1995-2008)
History Note
2009 (1995)
Date Established
1995/01/01
Date of Entry
1994/01/25
Revision Date
2021/06/30
Disease Transmission, Infectious Preferred
Autochthonous Transmission Narrower
Community Transmission Narrower
Close-Contact Transmission Narrower
Droplet Transmission of Infectious Disease Narrower
Person-to-Person Transmission Narrower
Infectious Disease Transmission, Horizontal Narrower
Disease Superspreader Event Narrower
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