Preferred Label : slow virus diseases;
MeSH definition : Diseases of viral origin, characterized by incubation periods of months to years,
insidious onset of clinical manifestations, and protracted clinical course. Though
the disease process is protracted, viral multiplication may not be unusually slow.
Conventional viruses produce slow virus diseases such as SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS,
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL),
and AIDS. Diseases produced by unconventional agents were originally considered part
of this group. They are now called PRION DISEASES.;
MeSH synonym : diseases, slow virus; slow virus disease; disease, slow virus; virus disease, slow; virus diseases, slow;
MeSH annotation : caused by viruses incubating months to years; some dis formerly called slow virus
dis are now considered prion dis: see note there; GEN or unspecified: prefer specifics; general or unspecified; prefer specifics;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow virus diseases;
Origin ID : D012897;
UMLS CUI : C0037341;
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Diseases of viral origin, characterized by incubation periods of months to years,
insidious onset of clinical manifestations, and protracted clinical course. Though
the disease process is protracted, viral multiplication may not be unusually slow.
Conventional viruses produce slow virus diseases such as SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS,
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL),
and AIDS. Diseases produced by unconventional agents were originally considered part
of this group. They are now called PRION DISEASES.
