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virology

scientific study of biological viruses
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Summary

virology is a branch of biology[1]. virology draws 1,403 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_biology category, ranking #20 of 72).[2]

Key Facts

  • virology's instance of is recorded as branch of biology[3].
  • virology is a type of microbiology[4].
  • virology's Commons category is recorded as Virology[5].
  • virology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Virology[6].
  • virology's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[7].
  • virology's topic has template is recorded as Template:Virus topics[8].
  • virology's practiced by is recorded as virologist[9].
  • virology's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[10].
  • virology's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[11].
  • virology's P10203 is recorded as 2406[12].

Body

Definition and Type

virology's instance of is recorded as branch of biology[3]. virology is a type of microbiology[4].

Why It Matters

virology draws 1,403 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_biology category, ranking #20 of 72).[2] virology has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] virology is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Zika Corpus, WikiProject COVID-19
    Subclass of → microbiology
    Instance of → branch of biology
    Practiced by → virologist
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14570, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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