{description: 'A role played by an entity that has been exposed to a person or animal suffering a contagious disease, or with a location from which a toxin has been distributed. The player of the role is normally a person or animal, but it is possible that other entity types could become exposed. The role is scoped by the source of the exposure, and it is quite possible for a person playing the role of exposed party to also become the scoper a role played by another person. That is to say, once a person has become infected, it is possible, perhaps likely, for that person to infect others.\r\n\r\nManagement of exposures and tracking exposed parties is a key function within public health, and within most public health contexts - exposed parties are known as \"contacts.\"', package_name: hl7.terminology.r4, name: RoleClassExposedEntity, type: null, package_version: 7.0.1, class: unknown, kind: null, url: 'http://terminology.hl7.org/ValueSet/v3-RoleClassExposedEntity', version: 3.0.0}