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The reason for the difficulties in fully reaching that target were the inherent differences between vector-borne diseases and \u201cclassical\u201d infectious diseases, which make it necessary to specifically adjust the ontology\u2019s architecture in order to comprise vectors and their populations.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In addition to a higher coverage of domain-specific terms and optimizing its usage by databases and decision-support systems, the new version of IDOMAL described here allows for more cross-talk between it and other ontologies, and in particular IDO. 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