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Descriptor English: Diphyllobothrium
Descriptor Spanish: Diphyllobothrium
Descriptor Diphyllobothrium
Scope note: Género de TENIAS que contiene varias especies que se encuentran en el intestino de PECES, AVES y MAMÍFEROS, incluyendo el hombre. La INFECCIÓN humana suele producirse tras comer pescado sin cocinar. El estadio larvario se conoce como SPARGANUM.
Descriptor Portuguese: Diphyllobothrium
Descriptor French: Diphyllobothrium
Entry term(s): Diphyllobothriums
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.215.228
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004170
Scope note: A genus of tapeworm containing several species which occurs in the intestine of fish, birds, and mammals including man. Infection in humans is usually by eating uncooked fish. The larval stage is known as SPARGANUM.
Annotation: infection = DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; coordinate with specific helminth terms (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc.) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
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: 4227
Unique ID: D004170
NLM Classification: QX 400
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Diphyllobothrium - Preferred
Concept UI M0006525
Scope note A genus of tapeworm containing several species which occurs in the intestine of fish, birds, and mammals including man. Infection in humans is usually by eating uncooked fish. The larval stage is known as SPARGANUM.
Preferred term Diphyllobothrium
Entry term(s) Diphyllobothriums



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