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Descriptor English: Trichinellosis
Descriptor Spanish: Triquinelosis
Descriptor triquinosis
Entry term(s) triquineliasis
triquinelosis
triquinelosis humana
Scope note: Infección por TRICHINELLA. Se desarrolla al comer carne cruda o poco cocinada infectada con larvas de gusanos nematodos del género TRICHINELLA. Todos los miembros del género TRICHINELLA pueden infectar a los seres humanos, además de la TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS, el agente etiológico típico. Su distribución abarca la mayoría de las zonas del mundo y, en la actualidad, en algunas zonas está reapareciendo como un riesgo para la salud pública y un problema de seguridad alimentaria.
Descriptor Portuguese: Triquinelose
Descriptor French: Trichinellose
Entry term(s): Human Trichinelloses
Human Trichinellosis
Trichinelliases
Trichinelliasis
Trichinelloses
Trichinelloses, Human
Trichinellosis, Human
Trichinoses
Trichinosis
Tree number(s): C01.610.335.508.100.275.882
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014235
Scope note: An infection with TRICHINELLA. It is caused by eating raw or undercooked meat that is infected with larvae of nematode worms TRICHINELLA genus. All members of the TRICHINELLA genus can infect human in addition to TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS, the traditional etiological agent. It is distributed throughout much of the world and is re-emerging in some parts as a public health hazard and a food safety problem.
Annotation: nematode infect caused by Trichina or Trichinella: do not confuse with TRICHURIASIS, caused by Trichuris
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 14632
Unique ID: D014235
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/17
Trichinellosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0021915
Scope note An infection with TRICHINELLA. It is caused by eating raw or undercooked meat that is infected with larvae of nematode worms TRICHINELLA genus. All members of the TRICHINELLA genus can infect human in addition to TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS, the traditional etiological agent. It is distributed throughout much of the world and is re-emerging in some parts as a public health hazard and a food safety problem.
Preferred term Trichinellosis
Entry term(s) Trichinelliases
Trichinelliasis
Trichinelloses
Trichinoses
Trichinosis
Human Trichinellosis - Narrower
Concept UI M0534630
Preferred term Human Trichinellosis
Entry term(s) Human Trichinelloses
Trichinelloses, Human
Trichinellosis, Human



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