Preferred Label : Billion Plaque Forming Units;
NCIt synonyms : 10E9 PFU; Billion PFU;
NCIt related terms : 10 9 PFU; 10 9{PFU}; 10*9{PFU};
NCIt definition : A measure of viable infectious entities expressed in billions in the specimen or product
defined as the smallest quantity that can produce a cytopathic effect in the host
cell culture challenged with the defined inoculum, visible under the microscope or/and
to the naked eye as a plaque.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: A unit of measurement of infectious entities with numbers equal to 10 to the
ninth power of plaque forming units.;
Origin ID : C67267;
UMLS CUI : C1879839;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
