Molluscipoxvirus

"Molluscipoxvirus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

A genus of POXVIRIDAE, subfamily CHORDOPOXVIRINAE, infecting humans. Transmission is by direct contact among children, by sexual contact among young adults, or by fomites. MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM VIRUS is the type species.

Descriptor ID

D018169

MeSH Number(s)

B04.280.650.160.550

B04.909.204.783.160.550

Concept/Terms

Molluscipoxvirus

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Molluscipoxvirus".

Organisms [B]
Viruses [B04]
DNA Viruses [B04.280]
Poxviridae [B04.280.650]
Chordopoxvirinae [B04.280.650.160]
Molluscipoxvirus [B04.280.650.160.550]
Vertebrate Viruses [B04.909]
DNA Viruses [B04.909.204]
Poxviridae [B04.909.204.783]
Chordopoxvirinae [B04.909.204.783.160]
Molluscipoxvirus [B04.909.204.783.160.550]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Molluscipoxvirus".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Molluscipoxvirus".

Molluscipoxvirus
Molluscum contagiosum virus

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Molluscipoxvirus" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Molluscipoxvirus" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Related Networks