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virulence

degree to which a pathogen is capable of infecting or damaging its host
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virulence
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Summary

virulence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,918 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: pathogenicity[2]
  • Commons category: Virulence[3]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[4], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5], Otto's encyclopedia[6], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[7]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C28198[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Zika Corpus[9]

Why It Matters

virulence has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] virulence is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). virulence. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/virulence
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_virulence_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{virulence}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/virulence}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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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. 3d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'en', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 70203, Add qualifier to WikiProjectMed ID `Virulence`"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C28198
    Interlingual index id → i64132
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151028613
    Umls cui → C0042765
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 28481, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  3. 23w ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Otto's encyclopedia +1
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 199150
    Local thumb → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1916109
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 199150"
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