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Descriptor English: Acanthamoeba
Descriptor Spanish: Acanthamoeba
Descriptor Acanthomoeba
Scope note: Género de amebas del suelo de vida libre que no tienen estadio flagelado. Sus organismos son patógenos en varias infecciones en humanos y se han encontrado en el ojo, hueso, cerebro y vías respiratorias.
Descriptor Portuguese: Acanthamoeba
Descriptor French: Acanthamoeba
Entry term(s): Acanthamoebas
Tree number(s): B01.046.500.100.075.080
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000048
Scope note: A genus of free-living soil amoebae that produces no flagellate stage. Its organisms are pathogens for several infections in humans and have been found in the eye, bone, brain, and respiratory tract.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with AMEBIASIS; for encephalitis caused by this organism, coordinate also with CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS + INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; 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
Previous Indexing: Amoeba (1966-1987)
Public MeSH Note: 88
History Note: 88
DeCS ID: 22825
Unique ID: D000048
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1988/01/01
Date of Entry: 1987/04/30
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Acanthamoeba - Preferred
Concept UI M0000074
Scope note A genus of free-living soil amoebae that produces no flagellate stage. Its organisms are pathogens for several infections in humans and have been found in the eye, bone, brain, and respiratory tract.
Preferred term Acanthamoeba
Entry term(s) Acanthamoebas



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