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Virus is a Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Infection depends on Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Infectious disease emerges from Infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Infectious disease depends on Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Opportunistic pathogen is a Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Disease triangle models Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Chain of infection explains Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Disease reservoir is part of Chain of infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Mode of transmission is part of Chain of infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Koch's postulates models Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Koch's postulates applies to Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Incidence measures Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Prevalence measures Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Prevalence is commonly confused with Incidence. Activate to inspect this relation.Case fatality rate measures Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Epidemic emerges from Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Chain of infectionDisease reservoirMode of transmissionInfectious diseasePathogenInfectionDisease triangleKoch's postulatesEpidemicIncidencePrevalenceCase fatality rateVirusOpportunistic pathogen
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Chain of infection

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At a glance

The linked steps — reservoir, exit, transmission, entry, susceptible host — that spread disease.

Disciplines
Epidemiology · Public Health
Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge — reaches Medicine, Microbiology
Relationships
3 · 2 relation families
Mental models
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Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 7 disciplines: Biology, Epidemiology, Medicine, Microbiology, Physiology, Public Health, Statistics.
  • Chain of infection is a bridge concept — viewed here through Epidemiology, Public Health.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.

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ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

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Bayesian updatingCause and effectCompoundingConservationConstraintsDefense in depthDiffusion & spreadEmergenceEnergy transformationEntropy & irreversibilityEquilibriumFeedback loopIncentivesInformationLevels & hierarchyModularityNetworksOptimizationOscillationProbabilityRecursion & self-similarityScaleSignal vs noiseSource–pathway–receptorStocks and flowsSymmetry & invarianceThresholds & tipping pointsTrade-offsTriangulationVariation & selectionWaves

By journey

From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

Concept collections

Concept collections are curated lenses onto the fabric — themed sets of ideas that recur across disciplines. They are not journeys; they are a way to read the graph.

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What this is

Start from one concept and expand outward. The view never shows everything at once — click a node to refocus, filter by relationship type, or switch to an accessible list.

One fabric

3750 concepts and 5051 typed relations form one connected component — no isolated silo.

How to read it

Focus a concept, or apply a lens (discipline, mental model, journey) to see only the threads that matter.