 Host Specificity
"Host Specificity" 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 properties of a pathogen that makes it capable of infecting one or more specific hosts. The pathogen can include PARASITES as well as VIRUSES; BACTERIA; FUNGI; or PLANTS.
| Descriptor ID |
D058507
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G06.590.470.380 G16.100.380.380 G16.100.380.400.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Host Specificity- Host Specificity
- Host Specificities
- Specificities, Host
- Specificity, Host
- Host Species Specificity
- Host Species Specificities
- Specificities, Host Species
- Specificity, Host Species
Host Range- Host Range
- Host Ranges
- Range, Host
- Ranges, Host
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Host Specificity" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Host Specificity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Host Specificity" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Conrad SJ, Raza T, Peterson EA, Liem J, Connor R, Nounamo B, Cannon M, Liu J. Myxoma virus lacking the host range determinant M062 stimulates cGAS-dependent type 1 interferon response and unique transcriptomic changes in human monocytes/macrophages. PLoS Pathog. 2022 09; 18(9):e1010316.
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Sallinger E, Robeson MS, Haselkorn TS. Characterization of the bacterial microbiomes of social amoebae and exploration of the roles of host and environment on microbiome composition. Environ Microbiol. 2021 01; 23(1):126-142.
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Nounamo B, Li Y, O'Byrne P, Kearney AM, Khan A, Liu J. An interaction domain in human SAMD9 is essential for myxoma virus host-range determinant M062 antagonism of host anti-viral function. Virology. 2017 03; 503:94-102.
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