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Qualifier English:

immunology

Qualifier Spanish:

inmunología

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor

inmunología

Scope note:

Usado para estudios inmunológicos de tejidos, órganos, microorganismos, hongos, virus y animales. Incluye aspectos inmunológicos de enfermedades, pero no incluye procedimientos inmunológicos usados para diagnóstico, o con propósitos preventivos o terapéuticos, para los cuales se usan /diagnostico, "/prevención & control" o /terapia. Usado también para compuestos químicos como antígenos o haptenos.

Qualifier Portuguese:

imunologia

Qualifier French:

immunologie

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000276

Scope note:

Used for immunologic studies of tissues, organs, microorganisms, fungi, viruses, and animals. It includes immunologic aspects of diseases but not immunologic procedures used for diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic purposes, for which "diagnosis", "prevention & control", or "therapy" are used. The concept is also used for chemicals as antigens or haptens.

Annotation:

subhead only; for "immunological aspects"; for substances as antigens or haptens; for antibodies to substances, organs or organisms; not for immunotherapy ( = /therapy), nor for immunologic prevention, as with vaccines ( = /prevention & control), nor for serodiagnosis ( = /diagnosis); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.37; DF: /immunol or /IM

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

Online Note:

search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/IM or IM (SH) or SUBS APPLY IM

History Note:

66; used with Category B & C 1966-67; A, B & C 1968-69; A, B, C & F 1970-74; A, B, C & F3 1975-86; A, B, C, D, F3, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+ & PUERPERIUM+ 1987; A, B, C, D, F3, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+, PUERPERIUM+ & SMOKING 1988; A, B, C, D, F3, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+, PUERPERIUM+ & SMOKING+ 1989; A2-16, B, C, D1-24, F3 & G4-12 1990 forward

Entry Version:

IMMUNOL

Abbreviation:

DeCS ID:

22038

Unique ID:

Q000276

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1973/12/27

Revision Date:

2015/07/01

immunology - Preferred

Concept UI	M0030471
Scope note	Used for immunologic studies of tissues, organs, microorganisms, fungi, viruses, and animals. It includes immunologic aspects of diseases but not immunologic procedures used for diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic purposes, for which "diagnosis", "prevention & control", or "therapy" are used. The concept is also used for chemicals as antigens or haptens.
Preferred term	immunology

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