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 located_in intestine, has_material_basis_in Campylobacter jejuni, which is transmitted_by ingestion of contaminated food or water or transmitted_by contact with infected people or animals. The infection has_symptom diarrhea or has_symptom dysentery, has_symptom abdominal cramps and pain, and has_symptom fever. (DO)