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Abstract
Animals or humans raised in the absence of a particular disease-causing virus or other microorganism. Less frequently plants are cultivated pathogen-free.
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- Pathogen-Free Organisms
- Organism, Pathogen-Free
- Organism, Specific Pathogen-Free
- Organisms, Pathogen-Free
- Organisms, Specific Pathogen-Free
- Pathogen Free Organisms
- Pathogen-Free Organism
- Pathogen-Free Organism, Specific
- Pathogen-Free Organisms, Specific
- Specific Pathogen Free Organisms
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organism
- Specific Pathogen Free
- Pathogen Free, Specific
- Pathogen Frees, Specific
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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organism may be human, animal or plant free of specific pathogens; usually NIM; when IM, coord IM with specific pathogenic microorganism discussed (IM); do not confuse with GERM-FREE LIFE which refers to freedom from any microorganism, unspecified
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History Note
93; was SPECIFIC PATHOGEN FREE 1975-92 (see under GERM-FREE LIFE 1975-90)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013047. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013047
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific-pathogen-free
- Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491171