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 Streptobacillus moniliformis, which is transmitted_by contact with urine or secretions from the mouth, eye, or nose of an infected animal or transmitted_by bite of an infected animal, especially rat. The infection has_symptom chills, has_symptom fever, has_symptom rash and has_symptom joint pain. (DO)