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Descriptor English: Dientamoeba
Descriptor Spanish: Dientamoeba
Descriptor Dientamoeba
Scope note: Género de diminutos EUCARIOTAS que se caracterizan por el predominio de las formas binucleadas sobre las mononucleadas, la presencia de varios gránulos bien definidos en el cariosoma y la ausencia de un estadio quístico. Es un parásito del intestino grueso del hombre y de ciertos monos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Dientamoeba
Descriptor French: Dientamoeba
Entry term(s): Dientamoebas
Tree number(s): B01.630.800.180
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004029
Scope note: A genus of minute EUKARYOTES that are characterized by the preponderance of binucleate over uninucleate forms, the presence of several distinct granules in the karyosome, and the lack of a cystic stage. It is parasitic in the large intestine of humans and certain monkeys.
Annotation: infection = DIENTAMOEBIASIS; 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
DeCS ID: 4064
Unique ID: D004029
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Dientamoeba - Preferred
Concept UI M0006321
Scope note A genus of minute EUKARYOTES that are characterized by the preponderance of binucleate over uninucleate forms, the presence of several distinct granules in the karyosome, and the lack of a cystic stage. It is parasitic in the large intestine of humans and certain monkeys.
Preferred term Dientamoeba
Entry term(s) Dientamoebas



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