infection

invasion of and multiplication in a host by disease-causing pathogens or organisms, and the reaction of host tissues
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infection

Summary

infection is a failure mode[1]. infection ranks in the top 6% of failure_mode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,775 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • infection's instance of is recorded as failure mode[3].
  • infection is a type of physiological condition[4].
  • infection is a type of adverse event[5].
  • infection is a type of risk source[6].
  • infection is a type of health problem[7].
  • infection's Commons category is recorded as Infectious diseases and disorders[8].
  • infection's has cause is recorded as pathogen[9].
  • infection's has cause is recorded as pathogen transmission[10].
  • infection's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Infections[11].
  • infection's medical examination is recorded as blood culture[12].
  • infection's medical examination is recorded as microbiological culture[13].
  • infection's possible treatment is recorded as anti-infective agent[14].
  • infection's facet of is recorded as pathogenesis[15].
  • infection's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16].
  • infection's has immediate cause is recorded as colonisation[17].
  • infection's has effect is recorded as infectious disease[18].
  • infection's has effect is recorded as braxy[19].
  • infection's has effect is recorded as avitellinosis[20].
  • infection's has effect is recorded as heart failure[21].
  • infection's has characteristic is recorded as mode of transmission[22].
  • infection's has characteristic is recorded as infection control[23].
  • infection's manifestation of is recorded as vulnerability[24].
  • infection's different from is recorded as infestation[25].
  • infection's properties for this type is recorded as P828[26].
  • infection's properties for this type is recorded as P923[27].

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Definition and Type

infection's instance of is recorded as failure mode[3]. Recorded subclass of include physiological condition[4], adverse event[5], risk source[6], and health problem[7].

Why It Matters

infection ranks in the top 6% of failure_mode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,775 views/month).[2] infection has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] infection is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id cc43ba02-889d-4a2e-af0c-565dac115be7
    Svkkl authority id h0000965-infekce
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000965-infekce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
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