Table 1 Categories of properties used in vaccine descriptions. A check mark (\(\checkmark\)) indicates that a property category (row) is used for defining vaccine codes in a coding system (column)
From: Alignment of vaccine codes using an ontology of vaccine descriptions
Prop. category | SNOMED-CT | Read-2 | MeSH | ATC | BNF | AHD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pathogen | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) |
Disease | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) |
Strategy | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | Â | \(\checkmark\) |
Ingredient | Â | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | Â | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) |
Route | Â | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | Â | \(\checkmark\) |
Valence | Â | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | \(\checkmark\) | Â | Â |