African Green Monkey

Preferred Label : African Green Monkey;

NCIt synonyms : Cercopithecus aethiops; Green Monkey; Vervet Monkey; African Green; Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus; Chlorocebus sabaeus;

NCIt definition : A medium-sized diurnal primate that is omnivorous, Chlorocebus sabaeus has a life span of 10 years in the wild and 25 years in captivity. The African green monkey has been in use in scientific research since the 1950s and its tissues are used to produce vaccines for polio and smallpox. Additionally Vero cells, an African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line, are widely used in immunology and infectious disease research.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: The diurnal primate, Chlorocebus sabaeus.;

NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL971222;

Taxon ID : 9534;

Details

Origin ID

C76360;

UMLS CUI

C0026438;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Chlorocebus aethiops (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Chlorocebus aethiops [MeSH Descriptor]
- Chlorocebus aethiops [MeSH concept]
- Chlorocebus cynosuros [MeSH concept]
- cercopithecus aethiops [SNOMED Notion]
- monkey, vervet [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Mammal [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Chlorocebus aethiops [MeSH Descriptor]
- Chlorocebus aethiops [MeSH concept]
- Chlorocebus aethiops (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cercopithecus aethiops [SNOMED Notion]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SEND Laboratory Animal Strain Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SEND Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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