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Descriptor English: Opisthorchis
Descriptor Spanish: Opisthorchis
Descriptor Opisthorchis
Entry term(s) Opisthorchis felineus
Opisthorchis viverrini
Scope note: Género de trematodos hepáticos de la familia Opisthorchidae. Contiene las siguientes especies: O. felineus, O. noverca (Amphimerus noverca), y O. viverrini. Los huéspedes intermediarios son los caracoles, peces y ANFIBIOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Opisthorchis
Descriptor French: Opisthorchis
Entry term(s): Opisthorchi
Opisthorchis felineus
Opisthorchis viverrini
Opisthorchis viverrinus
viverrini, Opisthorchis
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.715.520.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009891
Scope note: A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Opisthorchidae. It consists of the following species: O. felineus, O. noverca (Amphimerus noverca), and O. viverrini. The intermediate hosts are snails, fish, and AMPHIBIANS.
Annotation: infection = OPISTHORCHIASIS but note OPISTHORCHIS SINENSIS see CLONORCHIS SINENSIS: O. sinensis infection = CLONORCHIASIS; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH
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
DeCS ID: 10071
Unique ID: D009891
NLM Classification: QX 353
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Opisthorchis - Preferred
Concept UI M0015340
Scope note A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Opisthorchidae. It consists of the following species: O. felineus, O. noverca (Amphimerus noverca), and O. viverrini. The intermediate hosts are snails, fish, and AMPHIBIANS.
Preferred term Opisthorchis
Entry term(s) Opisthorchi
Opisthorchis felineus - Narrower
Concept UI M0015341
Preferred term Opisthorchis felineus
Opisthorchis viverrini - Narrower
Concept UI M0015342
Preferred term Opisthorchis viverrini
Entry term(s) Opisthorchis viverrinus
viverrini, Opisthorchis



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