Virus latency — (or viral latency) is the ability of a pathogenic virus to lie dormant within a cell, denoted as the lysogenic part of the viral life cycle. A latent viral infection is a type of persistent viral infection which is distinguished from a chronic… … Wikipedia
Multiple Sleep Latency Test — Intervention ICD 9 CM 89.18 OPS 301 code: 1 795 … Wikipedia
Incubation period — Latency time redirects here. For latency in communications, see Lag. Incubation period is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. The period may be as… … Wikipedia
Latent — can refer to:* Latent heat, the amount of energy released or absorbed by a substance during a change of phase * A latent geologic fault * Latent bud, a bud in some plants that remains a bud until favourable conditions appear * Virus latency, the… … Wikipedia
List of AIDS-related topics — This is a list of AIDS related topics, many of which were originally taken from the public domain U.S. Department of Health Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms, 4th Edition. [http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/ed resources/glossary/] NOTOC A AACTG… … Wikipedia
Dormancy — During winter dormancy, plant metabolism virtually comes to a standstill due, in part, to low temperatures that slow chemical activity.[1] Dormancy is a period in an organism s life cycle when growth, development, and (i … Wikipedia
Acute HIV infection — or primary HIV infection is the first stage of HIV infection. It occurs before the latency stage and the potential AIDS succeeding the latency stage.ymptomsDuring this period (usually 2 4 weeks post exposure) most individuals (80 to 90%) develop… … Wikipedia
Slow virus — A slow virus is a virus, or a viruslike agent, etiologically associated with a disease having a long incubation period of months to years with a gradual onset frequently terminating in severe illness and/or death.A slow virus disease is a disease … Wikipedia
HIV set point — The HIV set point is the viral load of a person infected with HIV, which stabilizes after a period of acute HIV infection. The set point is reached after the immune system has developed HIV antibodies and begins to attempt to fight the virus. The … Wikipedia
P3b — The P3b is a subcomponent of the P300, an event related potential (ERP) component that can be observed in human scalp recordings of brain electrical activity. The P3b is a positive going amplitude (usually relative to a reference behind the ear… … Wikipedia
