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Marek's disease

highly contagious viral neoplastic disease in chickens
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Marek's disease

Summary

Marek's disease is a poultry disease[1]. It draws 246 Wikipedia views per month (poultry_disease category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Marek's disease's instance of is recorded as poultry disease[3].
  • József Marek is named after Marek's disease[4].
  • Marek's disease is a type of Herpesviridae infectious disease[5].
  • Marek's disease's Commons category is recorded as Marek disease[6].
  • Marek's disease's has cause is recorded as infection[7].
  • Marek's disease's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84884[8].
  • Marek's disease's health specialty is recorded as infectious diseases[9].

Why It Matters

Marek's disease draws 246 Wikipedia views per month (poultry_disease category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

infectious diseases

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Akobir abdimuminov · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → Herpesviridae infectious disease
    Named after → —
    Named after → József Marek
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