Used with organs, animals, and higher plants and with diseases for microbiologic studies. For parasites, parasitology is used; for viruses, virology is used.

Annotation

subhead only; see also /parasitology & /virology; for ability of organisms to cause disease use /pathogenicity; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.46; DF: /microbiol or /MI

pouze podheslo; viz též parazitologie a /virologie; pro schopnost organismů vyvolat nemoc užij /patogenita

Abbreviation

MI

DUI

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CUI

M0030588

History note

67; used with Category A & C 1967-74; A, B1-2, B6, C & F3 1975-86; A, B1-2, B6, C, F3 & INFANT, NEWBORN+; A, B1-2, B6, C & F3 1990 forward

Online note

search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/MI or MI (SH) or SUBS APPLY MI