"Slow Virus Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D012897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.839
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| Concept/Terms |
Slow Virus Diseases- Slow Virus Diseases
- Disease, Slow Virus
- Diseases, Slow Virus
- Slow Virus Disease
- Virus Disease, Slow
- Virus Diseases, Slow
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