DeCS

Descriptor English:

Molluscipoxvirus

Descriptor Spanish:

Molluscipoxvirus

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Molluscipoxvirus
Scope note:	Género de POXVIRIDAE, subfamilia CHORDOPOXVIRIDAE, que infecta a los humanos. La transmisión es por contacto directo entre los niños, por contacto sexual entre los adultos jóvenes, o por contagio. El VIRUS DEL MOLUSCO CONTAGIOSO es la especie tipo.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Molluscipoxvirus

Descriptor French:

Molluscipoxvirus

Tree number(s):

B04.280.650.160.550

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018169

Scope note:

A genus of POXVIRIDAE, subfamily CHORDOPOXVIRINAE, infecting humans. Transmission is by direct contact among children, by sexual contact among young adults, or by fomites. MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS is the type species.

Annotation:

a genus of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae; mollusci- refers to agent of the disease molluscum contagiosum, not to mollusks; infection: coord IM with POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM)

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PH physiologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure

DeCS ID:

31297

Unique ID:

D018169

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Date Established:

1994/01/01

Date of Entry:

1993/06/04

Revision Date:

2015/06/23