Search
Descriptor English: Hartmannella
Descriptor Spanish: Hartmannella
Descriptor Hartmannella
Scope note: Género de ameba de vida libre que se encuentra en el agua dulce. Los quistes pasan por el intestino del hombre sin producir daños y pueden encontrarse en las heces fecales. Occasionalmente, estos organismos producen infecciones respiratorias o meningoencefalitis generalizada fatal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hartmannella
Descriptor French: Hartmannella
Entry term(s): Hartmannellas
Tree number(s): B01.046.500.100.700.430
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006249
Scope note: A genus of free-living amoebae found in fresh water. The cysts usually pass harmlessly through the intestinal tract of man and may thus be found in feces. Occasionally, these organisms cause respiratory tract infections or generalized fatal meningoencephalitis.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with AMEBIASIS; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc.) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
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
Previous Indexing: Amoeba (1966-1971)
Sarcodina (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 6401
Unique ID: D006249
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Hartmannella - Preferred
Concept UI M0009807
Scope note A genus of free-living amoebae found in fresh water. The cysts usually pass harmlessly through the intestinal tract of man and may thus be found in feces. Occasionally, these organisms cause respiratory tract infections or generalized fatal meningoencephalitis.
Preferred term Hartmannella
Entry term(s) Hartmannellas



We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website

We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.

Go to survey