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Descriptor English: Dirofilariasis
Descriptor Spanish: Dirofilariasis
Descriptor dirofilariasis
Entry term(s) enfermedad por Dirofilaria
Scope note: Infección por nematodos del género DIROFILARIA, que suele observarse en animales, especialmente los perros, pero ocasionalmente en el hombre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Dirofilariose
Descriptor French: Dirofilariose
Entry term(s): Dirofilariases
Disease, Heartworm
Heartworm Disease
Tree number(s): C01.610.335.349.320
C01.610.335.508.700.750.361.290
C01.610.701.377.320
C01.920.852.188
C22.674.377.320
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004184
Scope note: Infection with nematodes of the genus DIROFILARIA, usually in animals, especially dogs, but occasionally in man.
Annotation: usually in animals, espec dogs; coord IM with precoord animal/dis term (IM) + specific animal (NIM); check also tag ANIMALS; drug ther: consider FILARICIDES
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: Filariasis (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
DeCS ID: 4244
Unique ID: D004184
NLM Classification: WC 880
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/30
Dirofilariasis - Preferred
Concept UI M0006554
Scope note Infection with nematodes of the genus DIROFILARIA, usually in animals, especially dogs, but occasionally in man.
Preferred term Dirofilariasis
Entry term(s) Dirofilariases
Disease, Heartworm
Heartworm Disease



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