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immunology

branch of medicine studying the immune system
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Summary

immunology is a medical specialty[1]. immunology draws 2,494 Wikipedia views per month (medical specialty category, ranking #40 of 177).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of biology[3], academic discipline[4]
  • Subclass of: biology[5], biomedicine[6], pediatrics[7]
  • Commons category: Immunology[8]
  • Has part(s): psychoneuroimmunology[9], immunogerontology[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Immunology[11]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: healthcare:speciality=immunology[12]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[13]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C18011[14]
  • Is the study of: immunity[15], immune system[16], immune disorder[17]
  • Practiced by: immunologist[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject COVID-19[19], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
  • Wikimedia outline: outline of immunology[21]
  • P10203: 2403[22], 2723[23]

Why It Matters

immunology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] immunology is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Albert B. Sabin Alexander Fleming allergy August von Wassermann Baruj Benacerraf biology Bruce Beutler César Milstein computational immunology Élie Metchnikoff Emil von Behring Frank Macfarlane Burnet Fred Ramsdell George Davis Snell Georges J. F. Köhler Gerald Edelman Immunology Frontier Research Center Ivar Giæver James P. Allison Japanese Society of Allergology Jean Dausset J. Michael Bishop Jules A. Hoffmann Madhumita Murgia Mary E. Brunkow Murad Novruzov Biomedical Research NFDI4BIOIMAGE NFDI4Immuno Niels Kaj Jerne Özlem Türeci

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q21868
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → immunology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: immunology, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289935990|immunology (#289935990)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → tPTxy
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000962-imunologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000962-imunologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  5. 21w ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject COVID-19, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2006148
    Instance of → medical specialty, branch of biology, academic discipline
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Edam ontology id: topic_0804, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289759094|Immunology (#289759094)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #"
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