The application of molecular biology to the answering of epidemiological questions.
The examination of patterns of changes in DNA to implicate particular carcinogens
and the use of molecular markers to predict which individuals are at highest risk
for a disease are common examples
Note publique d''information :
The epidemiological evaluation of the role of inherited causes of disease in families
and in populations; it aims to detect the inheritance pattern of a particular disease,
localize the gene and find a marker associated with disease susceptibility. Gene-gene
and gene-environment interactions are also studied in genetic epidemiology of a disease.
In its broad context, genetic epidemiology includes family studies, molecular epidemiologic
studies with genetic components, and more traditional cohort and case-control studies
with family history components
Note générale sur le champ d'application :
the discipline; also used for epidemiologic application of molecular biology (NIM,
no qualifiers); prefer specific epidemiologic concept & specific molecular or genetic
concept (IM) coordinated with main headings /epidemiol (IM) & /genet (IM), as "molecular
epidemiology of rabies virus in France" = RABIES VIRUS /genet (IM) + RNA, VIRAL /genet
(NIM) (molecular aspect from text) + RABIES /epidemiol (IM) (epidemiologic aspect
from text) + FRANCE /epidemiol (NIM)
Point d'accès autorisé parallèle
Molecular Epidemiology
Identifiants externes
Identifiant MeSH : mesD017720
Utilisation dans FMeSH
Qualificatifs autorisés : CL / EC / ED / HI / IS / LJ / MT / OG / ST / TD / SN / ES2010 (1994)
Informations sur la notice
Identifiant de la notice : 040823997
RCR créateur de la notice : 0001
Date de création : 23-09-1998
RCR dernier modificateur de la notice : 4994
Date de dernière modification : 20-03-2024 à 10 h 14