RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.
A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection, has_material_basis_in Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), which is transmitted_by inhalation or transmitted_by ingestion of via the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract respectively. The bacteria cause disseminated infection in HIV infected people, while pulmonary disease in immunocompetent persons. (DO)
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Infection due to Mycobacterium intracellulare; MAC disease; Mycobacterium Avium-Intracellulare Infection; Mycobacterium avium complex; Mycobacterium avium infection; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infections; Mycobacterium intracellulare Infection; Mycobacterium intracellulare Infections