"Viral Tropism" 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 specificity of a virus for infecting a particular type of cell or tissue.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D056189 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | G06.099.925 G06.920.863 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Viral TropismViral TropismTropisms, ViralViral TropismsTropism, Viral
 Host TropismHost TropismHost TropismsTropism, HostTropisms, HostHost Tissue TropismHost Tissue TropismsTissue Tropism, HostTissue Tropisms, HostTropism, Host TissueTropisms, Host TissueHost Cell TropismCell Tropism, HostCell Tropisms, HostHost Cell TropismsTropism, Host CellTropisms, Host Cell
 Bacterial TropismBacterial TropismBacterial TropismsTropism, BacterialTropisms, Bacterial
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