Virulence

Introduction: Virulence

Description of Virulence

Virulence: Level of danger of a disease including contagiousness and severity of disease.

Virulence: degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism as indicated by the severity of the disease produced and its ability to invade the tissues of a host; the competence of any infectious agent to produce pathologic effects.
Source: CRISP

Virulence: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Virulence: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Virulence:

• Pathogen
• Ratio
• Number
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• Infection symptoms (1293 causes)
• Immunoassay
• Span
• Class
• Poisonous

Terms associated with Virulence:

Terms Similar to Virulence:

• Pathogenicity

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Virulence Factors

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Virulence

• Microbiologic Phenomena

Source - MeSH 2007

• microbiology

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Virulence:

• infection
• virus cytopathogenic effect

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Virulence

The following list attempts to classify Virulence into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Biological Phenomena, Cell Phenomena, and Immunity
  • Biological Phenomena
    • Microbiologic Phenomena
      • Virulence

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