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Preferred term

Viruses  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Animal Virus
  • Animal Viruses
  • Virus, Animal
  • Viruses, Animal
  • Zoophaginae

Scope note

  • Minute infectious agents whose genomes are composed of DNA or RNA, but not both. They are characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and the inability to replicate outside living host cells.

History note

  • 1963; for ANIMAL VIRUSES & ZOOPHAGINAE use VERTEBRATE VIRUSES 1975-1991

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014780

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