| 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 | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| 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                                            
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                        virulence                                            
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                | 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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