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Descriptor English: Toxoplasma
Descriptor Spanish: Toxoplasma
Descriptor Toxoplasma
Entry term(s) Toxoplasma gondii
Scope note: Género de protozoos parásitos de pájaros y mamíferos. T. gondii es uno de los parásitos infecciosos y patógenos de animales más frecuentes en los seres humanos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Toxoplasma
Descriptor French: Toxoplasma
Entry term(s): Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasma gondius
Toxoplasmas
gondius, Toxoplasma
Tree number(s): B01.043.075.189.250.750.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014122
Scope note: A genus of protozoa parasitic to birds and mammals. T. gondii is one of the most common infectious pathogenic animal parasites of man.
Annotation: infection = TOXOPLASMOSIS & its specifics; agents used to treat toxoplasmosis = COCCIDIOSTATS; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
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: 14515
Unique ID: D014122
NLM Classification: QX 140
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
Toxoplasma - Preferred
Concept UI M0021730
Scope note A genus of protozoa parasitic to birds and mammals. T. gondii is one of the most common infectious pathogenic animal parasites of man.
Preferred term Toxoplasma
Entry term(s) Toxoplasmas
Toxoplasma gondii - Narrower
Concept UI M0021731
Preferred term Toxoplasma gondii
Entry term(s) Toxoplasma gondius
gondius, Toxoplasma



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