Diseases

Slow Virus Diseases

Diseases of viral origin, characterized by incubation periods of months to years, insidious onset of clinical manifestations, and protracted clinical course. Though the disease process is protracted, viral multiplication may not be unusually slow. Conventional viruses produce slow virus diseases such as SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL), and AIDS. Diseases produced by unconventional agents were originally considered part of this group. They are now called PRION DISEASES.

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Diseases of viral origin, characterized by incubation periods of months to years, insidious onset of clinical manifestations, and protracted clinical course. Though the disease process is protracted, viral multiplication may not be unusually slow. Conventional viruses produce slow virus diseases such as SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY, PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL), and AIDS. Diseases produced by unconventional agents were originally considered part of this group. They are now called PRION DISEASES.

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5 entry terms
  • Disease, Slow Virus
  • Diseases, Slow Virus
  • Slow Virus Disease
  • Virus Disease, Slow
  • Virus Diseases, Slow

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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72(68)

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  • Virus Diseases (1966-1967)

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  1. C01w.925w.839w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Slow Virus Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012897. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012897
  2. Slow Virus Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_virus
  3. Slow Virus Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7542129