DeCS

Descriptor English:

Capillaria

Descriptor Spanish:

Capillaria

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Capillaria
Entry term(s)	Capillaria hepatica Capillaria philippinensis Hepaticola hepatica Skrjabinocapillaria
Scope note:	Género de nematodos tricuroides que son parásitos en el hígado e intestinos de muchos mamíferos y aves. Dos especies, C. hepatica y C. philippinensis, producen con frecuencia infecciones fatales en el hombre.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Capillaria

Descriptor French:

Capillaria

Entry term(s):

Capillaria hepatica
Hepaticola hepatica

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.500.294.100.275.780.180

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002195

Scope note:

A genus of trichuroid nematodes parasitic in the liver and intestines of many mammals and birds. Two species, C. hepatica and C. philippinensis, produce often fatal infections in man.

Annotation:

infection: coordinate with ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; coordinate with specific precoordinated helminth terms (e.g., ANTIGENS, HELMINTH) if pertinent

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

2228

Unique ID:

D002195

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Date Established:

1991/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2019/02/22