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MeSH Heading: Marek Disease
Tree Number(s): C01.925.256.466.650; C01.925.928.489; C15.604.515.700; C20.683.515.840; C22.131.546
Unique ID: D008380
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008380
Annotation: add BIRDS or POULTRY (NIM) or specific bird or fowl (IM)
Scope Note: A transmissible viral disease of birds caused by avian herpesvirus 2 (HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID) and other MARDIVIRUS. There is lymphoid cell infiltration or lymphomatous tumor formation in the peripheral nerves and gonads, but may also involve visceral organs, skin, muscle, and the eye.
Entry Version: MAREK DIS
Entry Term(s): Fowl Paralysis; Marek's Disease
Previous Indexing: Avian Leukosis (1966-1971); Herpesvirus Infections (1966-1971); Poultry Diseases (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73(72)
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Marek Disease MeSH Descriptor Data 2025