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Descriptor English: Viral Load
Descriptor Spanish: Carga Viral
Descriptor carga viral
Entry term(s) cantidad de virus en el plasma
cantidad de virus en la sangre
carga de virus
título de vírus
título viral
Scope note: Cantidad de virus mensurable en un fluido corporal. El cambio de la carga viral, determinada en el plasma, se utiliza en ocasiones como MARCADOR BIOLÓGICO de progresión de la enfermedad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Carga Viral
Descriptor French: Charge virale
Entry term(s): Burden, Viral
Load, Viral
Titer, Virus
Viral Burden
Virus Titer
Tree number(s): E01.370.225.875.950
E05.200.875.950
G06.920.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019562
Scope note: The quantity of measurable virus in a body fluid. Change in viral load, measured in plasma, is sometimes used as a SURROGATE MARKER in disease progression.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
EC economics
ES ethics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IS instrumentation
MT methods
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33123
Unique ID: D019562
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Viral Load - Preferred
Concept UI M0029051
Scope note The quantity of measurable virus in a body fluid. Change in viral load, measured in plasma, is sometimes used as a SURROGATE MARKER in disease progression.
Preferred term Viral Load
Entry term(s) Burden, Viral
Load, Viral
Viral Burden
Virus Titer - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0529173
Preferred term Virus Titer
Entry term(s) Titer, Virus



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