/diseases/filter

This endpoint returns list of all diseases matching filters. This is a valuable tool for the diagnostician. It can be used to create disease profiles and to generate reports on the status of diseases in any country.

The user employs the filter API to generate a list of diseases that fit an epidemiological profile. The following filters are available:

• Agent – Classification (e.g., virus, parasite) and taxonomic designation.
• Vector – An arthropod or other living carrier which transports an infectious agent from an infected organism or reservoir to a susceptible individual or immediate surroundings.
• Vehicle – The mode of transmission for an infectious agent. This generally implies a passive and inanimate (i.e., non-vector) mode.
• Reservoir – Any animal, arthropod, plant, soil or substance in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies, on which it depends primarily for survival, and where it reproduces itself in such a manner that it can be transmitted to a susceptible host.
• Country – In general, this list of country names corresponds to accepted geographical and political designations. When Country filter is used, it will only retrieve diseases that are endemic to the country.