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Basic reproduction number models Epidemic. Activate to inspect this relation.Case fatality rate measures 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.Disease surveillance measures Epidemic. Activate to inspect this relation.Disease triangle depends on Host. Activate to inspect this relation.Disease triangle models Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Epidemic spread is analogous to Diffusion. Activate to inspect this relation.Epidemic spread influences Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Epidemic spread depends on Network. Activate to inspect this relation.Epidemic emerges from Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Herd immunity suppresses Epidemic. Activate to inspect this relation.Incidence measures Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Infectious disease depends on Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Infectious disease emerges from Infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Infectious dose applies to Infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Koch's postulates applies to Pathogen. Activate to inspect this relation.Koch's postulates models Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Mode of transmission is part of Chain of infection. Activate to inspect this relation.Pandemic is a Epidemic. Activate to inspect this relation.Pathogen causes Epidemic spread. Activate to inspect this relation.Prevalence is commonly confused with Incidence. Activate to inspect this relation.Prevalence measures Infectious disease. Activate to inspect this relation.Mode of transmissionChain of infectionDisease reservoirInfectious diseasePathogenInfectionDisease triangleEpidemicKoch's postulatesCase fatality rateIncidencePrevalenceEpidemic spreadInfectious doseHostPandemicBasic reproduction numberDisease surveillanceHerd immunityExponential growthNetworkDiffusion
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21 concepts viewed through this lens. Bridge concepts connect this view to Algebra, Anthropology, Biology, Biophysics….

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22 concepts23 relationships25 disciplines6 relation families

Mode of transmission

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At a glance

The route — contact, droplet, airborne, food, water, vector — by which a pathogen reaches a host.

Disciplines
Epidemiology · Public Health
Role in the graph
Leaf concept
Relationships
1 · 1 relation families

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In this lens (21)

Bridge concepts (16)

Just outside the lens — they connect it to other context.

  • Pathogen3
    Biology, Physiology · connects to Epidemic spread, Infectious disease, Koch's postulates
  • Virus3
    Biology · connects to HIV, Pandemic preparedness, SARS-CoV-2
  • Infection2
    Medicine, Microbiology · connects to Infectious disease, Infectious dose
  • Adaptive immunity1
    Biology, Immunology · connects to Herd immunity
  • Correlation1
    Data Science, Epistemology, Probability, Statistics · connects to Confounding variable

Insights from this view

Structural observations about the concepts shown here — descriptions of this graph, not claims about the world.

  • This view connects 25 disciplines: Algebra, Anthropology, Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry, Discrete Mathematics, Ecology, Economics, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Epidemiology, Finance, Immunology, Linear Algebra, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Network Science, Physics, Physiology, Public Health, Sociology, Statistical Physics, Statistics, Urban Planning.
  • Mode of transmission is a bridge concept — viewed here through Epidemiology, Public Health.
  • The connections here span 6 relation families.
  • Networks explains 3 concepts in this view (Anthropology, Biophysics, Chemistry, Discrete Mathematics, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Epidemiology, Linear Algebra, Mathematics, Network Science, Physics, Public Health, Sociology, Statistical Physics, Urban Planning).

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By discipline

ChemistryBiologyPhysicsMathematicsComputer ScienceGeologyMineralogyEconomics

By thinking pattern

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

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