National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Varicellovirus

Synonyms

Varicellovirus

Varicellavirus

VARICELLOVIRUS

Definitions

A genus of enveloped, spherical or pleomorphic viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the family Herpesviridae. The genome is composed of monopartite, linear double-stranded DNA. Varicelloviruses are found in mammals and cause chickenpox and shingles in humans.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C112426

ALT_DEFINITION

Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Varicellovirus.

code

C112426

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85491

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A genus of enveloped, spherical or pleomorphic viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the family Herpesviridae. The genome is composed of monopartite, linear double-stranded DNA. Varicelloviruses are found in mammals and cause chickenpox and shingles in humans.

FULL_SYN

Varicellovirus

Varicellavirus

VARICELLOVIRUS

label

Varicellovirus

NCBI_Taxon_ID

10319

Preferred_Name

Varicellovirus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C112426

Semantic_Type

Virus

UMLS_CUI

C0206559

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C14217

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