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Viruses > Reassortant Viruses

Preferred term

Reassortant Viruses  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • "viruses containing 2 or more pieces of nucleic acid from different parents": see MeSH definition; coord IM with specific parent viruses (IM)

Scope note

  • Viruses containing two or more pieces of nucleic acid (segmented genome) from different parents. Such viruses are produced in cells coinfected with different strains of a given virus.

History note

  • 92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016865

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