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Descriptor English: Capillaria
Descriptor Spanish: Capillaria
Descriptor Capillaria
Entry term(s) Capillaria hepatica
Capillaria philippinensis
Hepaticola hepatica
Skrjabinocapillaria
Scope note: Género de nematodos tricuroides que son parásitos en el hígado e intestinos de muchos mamíferos y aves. Dos especies, C. hepatica y C. philippinensis, producen con frecuencia infecciones fatales en el hombre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Capillaria
Descriptor French: Capillaria
Entry term(s): Capillaria hepatica
Capillaria philippinensis
Capillarias
Hepaticola hepatica
Skrjabinocapillaria
Skrjabinocapillarias
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.100.275.780.180
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002195
Scope note: A genus of trichuroid nematodes parasitic in the liver and intestines of many mammals and birds. Two species, C. hepatica and C. philippinensis, produce often fatal infections in man.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; coordinate with specific precoordinated helminth terms (e.g., ANTIGENS, HELMINTH) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under TRICHUROIDEA 1967-90, was see under TRICHINELLOIDEA 1963-66; HEPATICOLA HEPATICA was see under TRICHUROIDEA 1967-78, was see under TRICHINELLOIDEA 1963-66
Online Note: search TRICHUROIDEA 1966-74; use CAPILLARIA to search HEPATICOLA HEPATICA 1975-78 & use TRICHUROIDEA 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under TRICHUROIDEA 1967-90, was see under TRICHINELLOIDEA 1963-66; HEPATICOLA HEPATICA was see under TRICHUROIDEA 1967-78, was see under TRICHINELLOIDEA 1963-66
DeCS ID: 2228
Unique ID: D002195
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/02/22
Capillaria - Preferred
Concept UI M0003287
Scope note A genus of trichuroid nematodes parasitic in the liver and intestines of many mammals and birds. Two species, C. hepatica and C. philippinensis, produce often fatal infections in man.
Preferred term Capillaria
Entry term(s) Capillarias
Skrjabinocapillaria
Skrjabinocapillarias
Hepaticola hepatica - Narrower
Concept UI M0003288
Preferred term Hepaticola hepatica
Entry term(s) Capillaria hepatica
Capillaria philippinensis - Broader
Concept UI M000622478
Preferred term Capillaria philippinensis



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