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Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Microbiological Techniques > Viral Load
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Microbiological Techniques > Viral Load
Microbiological Phenomena > Virus Physiological Phenomena > Viral Load

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Viral Load  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Burden, Viral
  • Viral Burden

Scope note

  • The quantity of measurable virus in a body fluid. Change in viral load, measured in plasma, is sometimes used as a SURROGATE MARKER in disease progression.

History note

  • 97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019562

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