virus
Let an agent handle viruses by classification, host, transmission, prevention and public health information, without diagnosis or personal medical advice.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
Researched by: Claude
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Classification Which virus.
Taxon
ICTV name.
Taxon
Virus taxon.
- Which virus and family is meant, according to ICTV? provenance
- Is it DNA or RNA based? definition
Host
Host range.
Host
Host range.
- Which hosts does it infect? provenance
- Is it a plant, animal or bacterial virus? definition
Health Illness.
Symptoms
When to seek care.
Symptoms
Seeking care.
- Are symptoms severe or worsening, needing urgent care? boundary
- Which health service should be contacted? action
Diagnosis
No self-diagnosis.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis limit.
- Is the user asking for a diagnosis? boundary
- How should they be referred to a clinician? action
Prevention Public health.
Vaccines
Immunisation.
Vaccines
Vaccination.
- Is a vaccine available, according to health authorities? provenance
- Where can official schedules be found? provenance
Transmission
Spread.
Transmission
Transmission.
- How does it spread, in general terms? definition
- What measures do authorities recommend? provenance
Science Research and use.
Biology
Replication.
Biology
Virus biology.
- How does the virus replicate, in general terms? definition
- Which sources describe it? provenance
Applications
Phage therapy and vectors.
Applications
Applications.
- How are viruses used in medicine or research? definition
- What regulation applies? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- viral pathogen, entomopathogenic virus, plant virus, Anopheles gambiae densonucleosis virus, respiratory virus, environmental virus, phloem-limited virus, Algae viruses, Human Papillomavirus viruses, Haloviruses, zoonotic virus, Salt Gully virus
What it is Filled
A submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside living cells of an organism, consisting of genetic material (DNA or RNA) in a protein coat; viruses infect animals, plants, fungi and bacteria.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle viruses by classification, host, transmission, prevention and public health information, without diagnosis or personal medical advice.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Replicates only inside host cells
- No own metabolism
- Classified by ICTV
- Some cause disease, many do not
What robots and AI may and may not do Derived, awaiting review
Only with a human decision
- animal and human viruses
May
- classify viruses by genome and family
- find official prevention and vaccination information
- understand how transmission works in general
- follow public health guidance
Note: Affordances listed as what may be done; prohibitions collected from the text.
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q170065 - registry parent class
- Q39833 - registry parent class
related
- pathogen and microorganism - category
- cell - host
- vaccine - prevention
- computer virus - another sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.virus
- Wikidata: Q808 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808)
- ICTV taxon: species and family names taxonomy
- NCBI Taxonomy ID: numeric database
Direct properties required Filled
- size: about 20-300 nm - most viruses; giant viruses larger
Recognition required Filled
- Genome type (DNA or RNA)
- Capsid shape and envelope
- Computer viruses are a different sense
- Invisible to the eye; seen by electron microscopy as particles of various shapes.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- classify viruses by genome and family
- find official prevention and vaccination information
- understand how transmission works in general
- follow public health guidance
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Agents diagnosing illness
- Spreading health misinformation
- Laboratory biosafety detail beyond general information
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ICTV taxonomy
- WHO International Health Regulations
- Biosafety level rules for laboratories
Context of use required Filled
- A subject of biology, medicine, agriculture and biotechnology.
- animal and human viruses
- plant viruses
- bacteriophages
- insect viruses
- giant viruses
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q808: virus - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Virus - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should virus families be separate entries?
- How should ICTV data be linked?
- How should public health guidance be localised?
- Which health service should be contacted?
- How should they be referred to a clinician?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q808/spec.json