virulence - CISMeF

Preferred Label : virulence;

MeSH definition : The degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of microorganisms or viruses as indicated by case fatality rates and/or the ability of the organism to invade the tissues of the host. The pathogenic capacity of an organism is determined by its VIRULENCE FACTORS.;

Related MeSH term : pathogenicity;

MeSH annotation : coord NIM with micro-organism or parasite /pathogen (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virulence;

Details

Origin ID

D014774;

UMLS CUI

C0042765;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- GDC Pathogenicity Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pathogen [NCIt concept]
- Pathogenic organism (navigational concept) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Virulent [NCIt concept]
- obsolete virulence [GO term]
- pathogen [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- pathogenesis [GO term]
- pathogenicity [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
- viral process [GO term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Virulence [NCIt concept]
Indexing information
- Ftf1 protein, fusarium oxysporum [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- SAP1 protein, candida albicans [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- afr2 protein, E coli [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- phthiocerol dimycocerosate [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- ribosome biogenesis regulatory protein, toxoplasma gondii [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- pathogenicity [MeSH concept]
- virulence [MeSH concept]
See also
- pathogenicity [MeSH Qualifier]
- virulence factors [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Pathogenic Variant [NCIt concept]
- Pathogenicity [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Biologic Function [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Virulence [NCIt concept]
- obsolete virulence [GO term]

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