Infectious disease  

Infektionskrankheit   (german)

used for: Zika virus, Swine flu, Spanish flu, Smallpox, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Measles, MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), Influenza

Narrower Terms

• AIDS  
• Coronavirus  
• Epidemic  
• Tropical disease  

Broader Terms

• Disease  

Related Terms

• Infection control  
• Vaccination  

Subject Categories

• N.10.03.01 Health hazards and diseases  
• V.08.02 Social inequality and political instability  

Links to other Thesauri and Vocabularies

=	Infektionskrankheit   (from GND)
~	Quarantäne   (from GND)
=	Infectious disease   (from DBpedia)
=	infectious disease   (from EuroVoc)
=	contagious disease   (from TheSoz)
=	sexually transmitted disease   (from TheSoz)

Persistent Identifier (for bookmarking and linking)

• http://zbw.eu/stw/descriptor/18897-0