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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. epidemiology
  3. disease severity
  4. viral load

Preferred term

viral load

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The quantity of virus particles present in a sample of tissue or body fluid, thus providing a measurement of the severity of viral infection.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • viral burden
  • viral titer
  • viral titre
  • virus burden
  • virus load
  • virus titer
  • virus titre

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/199507

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