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Qualifier English: | pathogenicity |
Qualifier Spanish: | patogenicidad |
Qualifier Portuguese: | patogenicidade |
Qualifier French: | pathogénicité |
Entry term(s): |
infectivity virulence |
RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000472 |
Scope note: | Used with microorganisms, viruses, and parasites for studies of their ability to cause disease in man, animals, or plants. |
Annotation: | subhead only; for the potential ability of micro-organisms or parasites to cause disease in man, animal, or plant under specified conditions: not for specific infections; includes virulence; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.51; DF: /pathogen or /PY |
Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/PY or PY (SH) or SUBS APPLY PY |
History Note: | 66; used with Category B 1966-74; B1 & B3-5 1975 forward |
Entry Version: | PATHOGEN |
Abbreviation: | PY |
DeCS ID: | 22052 |
Unique ID: | Q000472 |
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 |
Revision Date: | 2003/07/24 |
pathogenicity
- Preferred
virulence
- Narrower
Concept UI |
M0030684 |
Scope note | Used with microorganisms, viruses, and parasites for studies of their ability to cause disease in man, animals, or plants. |
Preferred term | pathogenicity |
Entry term(s) |
infectivity |
Concept UI |
M0030685 |
Preferred term | virulence |
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