Descriptor in English: | Parasites |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Parásitos |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Parasitos |
Descriptor in French: | Parasites |
Entry term(s): |
Parasite |
Tree number(s): |
B01.050.500.714 |
Scope note: | Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically. |
Annotation: | general or unspecified only: prefer specifics; in lower animals: Manual 22.20; relation to parasitic diseases: Manual 22.12-.20; parasites in food or parasitic contamination of food is indexed under FOOD PARASITOLOGY (IM) + specific parasite (IM) + specific food item /parasitol (IM) or (NIM) |
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 |
Online Note: | search PARASITICIDES under ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS 1966 |
History Note: | PARASITICIDES was heading 1963-66 |
See also the descriptors: |
Anthelmintics
MeSH Anti-Infective Agents MeSH Antiprotozoal Agents MeSH Food Parasitology MeSH Host-Parasite Interactions MeSH Parasite Load MeSH |
DeCS UI: | 10460 |
Descriptor UI: | D010271 |
Date Established: | 1960/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2011/06/24 |
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ORGANISMS
Eukaryota [B01]Eukaryota
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Parasites
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Concept UI |
M0015918 |
Scope note | Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically. |
Preferred term | Parasites |
Entry term(s) |
Parasite |
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