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Descriptor English: Dirofilaria
Descriptor Spanish: Dirofilaria
Descriptor Dirofilaria
Scope note: Género de nematodos filarias. Diversas especies inmaduras infectan los ojos y el tejido subcutáneo del hombre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Dirofilaria
Descriptor French: Dirofilaria
Entry term(s): Dirofilaires
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.400.937.463.230
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004182
Scope note: A genus of filarial nematodes. Various immature species have been found to infect the eyes or subcutaneous tissue in humans.
Annotation: infection = DIROFILARIASIS; coord with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent; /drug eff: consider FILARICIDES
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 4242
Unique ID: D004182
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Dirofilaria - Preferred
Concept UI M0006552
Preferred term Dirofilaria
Entry term(s) Dirofilaires



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