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Marek's disease

highly contagious viral neoplastic disease in chickens
MedicalCondition poultry_disease Q53843869
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Marek's disease

Summary

Marek's disease is a poultry disease[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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 has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

infectious diseases

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 6d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → TxeEY
    Instance of → poultry disease
    Subclass of → Herpesviridae infectious disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 12d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → poultry disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39848|batch #39848]]: + P31 = "type of animal disease""
  3. 26d ago · .Anja. · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Afflicts → Q780
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P689]]: [[Q780]]"
  4. 6w ago · Akobir abdimuminov · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → Herpesviridae infectious disease
    Named after → —
    Named after → József Marek
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q12826710 */"
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