"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) |
G06.380.380 G16.543.380
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Host Specificity" by people in Profiles.
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Appelmans protocol - A directed in vitro evolution enables induction and recombination of prophages with expanded host range. Virus Res. 2024 01 02; 339:199272.
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Host range, transmissibility and antigenicity of a pangolin coronavirus. Nat Microbiol. 2023 10; 8(10):1820-1833.
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Survival rate, blood feeding habits and sibling species composition of Aedes simpsoni complex: Implications for arbovirus transmission risk in East Africa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Jan; 16(1):e0010171.
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Chikungunya virus produced by a persistently infected mosquito cell line comprises a shorter genome and is non-infectious to mammalian cells. J Gen Virol. 2021 12; 102(12).
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Sewage and sewage-contaminated environments are the most prominent sources to isolate phages against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. BMC Microbiol. 2021 05 01; 21(1):132.
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Tobamoviruses of two new species trigger resistance in pepper plants harbouring functional L alleles. J Gen Virol. 2021 02; 102(2).
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Orsay Virus CP-d Adopts a Novel ?-Bracelet Structural Fold and Incorporates into Virions as a Head Fiber. J Virol. 2020 10 14; 94(21).
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CD300lf is the primary physiologic receptor of murine norovirus but not human norovirus. PLoS Pathog. 2020 04; 16(4):e1008242.
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Microbe Profile: Wolbachia: a sex selector, a viral protector and a target to treat filarial nematodes. Microbiology (Reading). 2018 11; 164(11):1345-1347.
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Novel Insect-Specific Eilat Virus-Based Chimeric Vaccine Candidates Provide Durable, Mono- and Multivalent, Single-Dose Protection against Lethal Alphavirus Challenge. J Virol. 2018 02 15; 92(4).