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Descriptor English: Sarcocystosis
Descriptor Spanish: Sarcocistosis
Descriptor sarcocistosis
Entry term(s) sarcosporidiosis
Scope note: Infección del músculo estriado de los mamíferos producida por parásitos del género SARCOCYSTIS. Los síntomas de la enfermedad (vómitos, diarrea, debilidad muscular y parálisis) se deben a la sarcocistina, toxina producida por el microorganismo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sarcocistose
Descriptor French: Sarcocystose
Entry term(s): Sarcocystoses
Sarcosporidioses
Sarcosporidiosis
Tree number(s): C01.610.752.250.634
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012523
Scope note: Infection of the striated muscle of mammals by parasites of the genus SARCOCYSTIS. Disease symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, muscle weakness, and paralysis are produced by sarcocystin, a toxin produced by the organism.
Annotation: /drug ther: consider also COCCIDIOSTATS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 1992; see SARCOSPORIDIOSIS 1963-1991
History Note: 1992 (1963)
DeCS ID: 30441
Unique ID: D012523
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2000/06/22
Sarcocystosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0019448
Scope note Infection of the striated muscle of mammals by parasites of the genus SARCOCYSTIS. Disease symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, muscle weakness, and paralysis are produced by sarcocystin, a toxin produced by the organism.
Preferred term Sarcocystosis
Entry term(s) Sarcocystoses
Sarcosporidioses
Sarcosporidiosis



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