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Descriptor English: African Horse Sickness
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad Equina Africana
Descriptor enfermedad equina africana
Entry term(s) peste equina
Scope note: Infección por reovirus transmitida por insectos. Se presenta en caballos, mulas y burros, en África y Oriente Próximo. Se caracteriza por edema pulmonar, trastornos cardíacos y edema de cabeza y cuello.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença Equina Africana
Descriptor French: Peste équine
Entry term(s): African Horse Sicknesses
African Horsesickness
African Horsesicknesses
Equine Plague
Equine Plagues
Horse Sickness, African
Horse Sicknesses, African
Horsesickness, African
Horsesicknesses, African
Plague, Equine
Plagues, Equine
Sickness, African Horse
Sicknesses, African Horse
Tree number(s): C01.920.500.030
C01.925.081.030
C01.925.782.791.142
C22.488.088
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000355
Scope note: An insect-borne reovirus infection of horses, mules and donkeys in Africa and the Middle East; characterized by pulmonary edema, cardiac involvement, and edema of the head and neck.
Annotation: caused by an Orbivirus; in horses, mules & donkeys; if in horses don't forget also HORSES (NIM) & check tag ANIMALS; if in mules or donkeys, coord IM with EQUIDAE (IM) & check tag ANIMALS
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
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
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Horse Diseases (1966-1969)
Reovirus Infections (1968-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 98; see AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS 1970-97
History Note: 98
DeCS ID: 360
Unique ID: D000355
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/30
African Horse Sickness - Preferred
Concept UI M0000543
Scope note An insect-borne reovirus infection of horses, mules and donkeys in Africa and the Middle East; characterized by pulmonary edema, cardiac involvement, and edema of the head and neck.
Preferred term African Horse Sickness
Entry term(s) African Horse Sicknesses
African Horsesickness
African Horsesicknesses
Equine Plague
Equine Plagues
Horse Sickness, African
Horse Sicknesses, African
Horsesickness, African
Horsesicknesses, African
Plague, Equine
Plagues, Equine
Sickness, African Horse
Sicknesses, African Horse



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