"Virion" 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.
The infective system of a virus, composed of the viral genome, a protein core, and a protein coat called a capsid, which may be naked or enclosed in a lipoprotein envelope called the peplos.
| Descriptor ID |
D014771
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A21.249 B04.950
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| Concept/Terms |
Virion- Virion
- Virions
- Viral Particles
- Virus Particle
- Particle, Virus
- Particles, Virus
- Virus Particles
- Viral Particle
- Particle, Viral
- Particles, Viral
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Virion" by people in Profiles.
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Evidence for at least two distinct groups of humoral immune reactions to papillomavirus antigens in women with squamous intraepithelial lesions. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1997 Mar; 6(3):183-8.
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Epidemiologic determinants of seroreactivity to human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 virus-like particles in cervical HPV-16 DNA-positive and-negative women. J Infect Dis. 1996 Nov; 174(5):937-43.
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Evaluation of seroreactivity to human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles in an incident case-control study of cervical neoplasia. J Infect Dis. 1995 Dec; 172(6):1425-30.