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Descriptor English: Arachnid Vectors
Descriptor Spanish: Vectores Arácnidos
Descriptor vectores arácnidos
Scope note: Miembros de la clase Arachnida, especialmente ARAÑAS, ESCORPIONES, ÁCAROS y GARRAPATAS, que transmiten microorganismos infecciosos de un huésped a otro o de un reservorio inanimado a un huésped animado.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vetores Aracnídeos
Descriptor French: Vecteurs arachnides
Entry term(s): Arachnid Vector
Vector, Arachnid
Vectors, Arachnid
Tree number(s): N06.850.335.188.100.100
N06.850.520.203.375.100.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001096
Scope note: Members of the class Arachnida, especially SPIDERS; SCORPIONS; MITES; and TICKS; which transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.
Annotation: coord IM with specific arachnid (IM); specify both infecting organism & vector if pertinent; in the rickettsial-tick-dog relationship, the tick is the arachnid vector, not the dog
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: Arthropod Vectors (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74(71)
DeCS ID: 1099
Unique ID: D001096
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Arachnid Vectors - Preferred
Concept UI M0001651
Scope note Members of the class Arachnida, especially SPIDERS; SCORPIONS; MITES; and TICKS; which transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.
Preferred term Arachnid Vectors
Entry term(s) Arachnid Vector
Vector, Arachnid
Vectors, Arachnid



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