molecular epidemiology

Preferred Label : molecular epidemiology;

MeSH definition : The application of molecular biology to the answering of epidemiological questions. The examination of patterns of changes in DNA to implicate particular carcinogens and the use of molecular markers to predict which individuals are at highest risk for a disease are common examples.;

MeSH synonym : Epidemiology, Molecular; epidemiologies, molecular; molecular epidemiologies;

Related MeSH term : genetic epidemiology; Epidemiologies, Genetic; Epidemiology, Genetic; Genetic Epidemiologies;

MeSH annotation : the discipline; also used for epidemiologic application of molecular biology (NIM, no qualifiers); prefer specific epidemiologic concept & specific molecular or genetic concept (IM) coordinated with main headings /epidemiol (IM) & /genet (IM), as molecular epidemiology of rabies virus in France RABIES VIRUS /genet (IM) RNA, VIRAL /genet (NIM) (molecular aspect from text) RABIES /epidemiol (IM) (epidemiologic aspect from text) FRANCE /epidemiol (NIM);

Details

Origin ID

D017720;

UMLS CUI

C0206173;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Genetic Epidemiology [NCIt concept]
- Molecular Epidemiology [DeCS]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Molecular Epidemiology [NCIt concept]
Record concept(s)
- genetic epidemiology [MeSH concept]
- molecular epidemiology [MeSH concept]
See also
- molecular typing [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Biomedical Occupation or Discipline [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Molecular Epidemiology [NCIt concept]

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