Concept information
Preferred term
Viroids
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Note
- "smallest known agents of infect dis"; read MeSH definition
Scope note
- A group of pathogens comprising the smallest known agents of infectious disease. They are unencapsulated and are capable of replicating autonomously in susceptible cells. Positively identified viroids composed of single-stranded RNA have been isolated from higher plants, but the existence of DNA viroids pathogenic to animals is suspected.
History note
- 81
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014772
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