| Descriptor English: | Wasting Disease, Chronic | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Enfermedad Debilitante Crónica
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Doença de Emaciação Crônica | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Maladie du dépérissement chronique | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Chronic Wasting Disease |
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| Tree number(s): |
C01.207.800.858 C10.228.228.800.858 C10.574.843.925 C22.955 C23.550.291.500.937 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D034081 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) of DEER and elk characterized by chronic weight loss leading to death. It is thought to spread by direct contact between animals or through environmental contamination with the prion protein (PRIONS). |
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| 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 |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Prion Diseases (1993-2002) Wasting Syndrome (1999-2002) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2003 |
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| History Note: | 2003 |
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| DeCS ID: | 37280 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D034081 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2003/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2002/07/03 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/23 |
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Wasting Disease, Chronic
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| Concept UI |
M0404623 |
| Scope note | A transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (prion disease) of DEER and elk characterized by chronic weight loss leading to death. It is thought to spread by direct contact between animals or through environmental contamination with the prion protein (PRIONS). |
| Preferred term | Wasting Disease, Chronic |
| Entry term(s) |
Chronic Wasting Disease |
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