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Descriptor English: Schistosoma mansoni
Descriptor Spanish: Schistosoma mansoni
Descriptor Schistosoma mansoni
Scope note: Especie de trematodo sanguíneo de la familia Schistosomatidae, frecuente en el delta del Nilo. El huésped intermedio es el caracol planorbide. Este parásito produce esquistosomiasis de Manson o bilharziasis intestinal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Schistosoma mansoni
Descriptor French: Schistosoma mansoni
Entry term(s): Schistosoma mansonus
mansonus, Schistosoma
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.715.770.680.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012550
Scope note: A species of trematode blood flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. It is common in the Nile delta. The intermediate host is the planorbid snail. This parasite causes schistosomiasis mansoni and intestinal bilharziasis.
Annotation: infection = SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; 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
Previous Indexing: Schistosoma (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 12933
Unique ID: D012550
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Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Schistosoma mansoni - Preferred
Concept UI M0019479
Scope note A species of trematode blood flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. It is common in the Nile delta. The intermediate host is the planorbid snail. This parasite causes schistosomiasis mansoni and intestinal bilharziasis.
Preferred term Schistosoma mansoni
Entry term(s) Schistosoma mansonus
mansonus, Schistosoma



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