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Descriptor English: Echinococcus
Descriptor Spanish: Echinococcus
Descriptor Echinococcus
Scope note: Género de TENIAS muy pequeñas, de la familia Taeniidae. La forma adulta se encuentra en distintos CARNÍVOROS, pero no en los seres humanos. La forma larvaria se encuentra en los seres humanos en ciertas circunstancias epidemiológicas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Echinococcus
Descriptor French: Echinococcus
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.215.327
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004446
Scope note: A genus of very small TAPEWORMS, in the family Taeniidae. The adult form is found in various CARNIVORA but not humans. The larval form is seen in humans under certain epidemiologic circumstances.
Annotation: infection = ECHINOCOCCOSIS or its specifics; coordinate with specific helminth terms (for example, ANTIGENS, HELMINTH) 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: 4512
Unique ID: D004446
NLM Classification: QX 442
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Echinococcus - Preferred
Concept UI M0006963
Scope note A genus of very small TAPEWORMS, in the family Taeniidae. The adult form is found in various CARNIVORA but not humans. The larval form is seen in humans under certain epidemiologic circumstances.
Preferred term Echinococcus



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