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Descriptor English: Reduviidae
Descriptor Spanish: Reduviidae
Descriptor Reduviidae
Entry term(s) insectos asesinos
Scope note: Familia de insectos alados del suborden HETEROPTERA, denominados insectos asesinos porque la mayoría se alimentan de otros insectos. Sin embargo, una subfamilia, TRIATOMINAE, ataca a los seres humanos y a otros vertebrados y transmite la enfermedad de Chagas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Reduviidae
Descriptor French: Reduviidae
Entry term(s): Assassin Bug
Assassin Bugs
Bug, Assassin
Bugs, Assassin
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.412.420.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020064
Scope note: A family of winged insects of the suborder HETEROPTERA, called assassin bugs, because most prey on other insects. However one subfamily, TRIATOMINAE, attacks humans and other vertebrates and transmits Chagas disease.
Annotation: do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111
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
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Triatominae (1979-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 99; see TRIATOMINAE 1979-98
History Note: 99; use TRIATOMINAE 1979-98
DeCS ID: 33691
Unique ID: D020064
NLM Classification: QX 503
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/11
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Reduviidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0029772
Scope note A family of winged insects of the suborder HETEROPTERA, called assassin bugs, because most prey on other insects. However one subfamily, TRIATOMINAE, attacks humans and other vertebrates and transmits Chagas disease.
Preferred term Reduviidae
Entry term(s) Assassin Bug
Assassin Bugs
Bug, Assassin
Bugs, Assassin



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