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Descriptor English: Eimeria
Descriptor Spanish: Eimeria
Descriptor Eimeria
Scope note: Género de protozoos parásitos de la subclase COCCIDIA. Diversas especies son parásitas de las células epiteliales del hígado y del intestino humanos y de otros animales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Eimeria
Descriptor French: Eimeria
Entry term(s): Eimerias
Tree number(s): B01.043.075.189.250.250.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004539
Scope note: A genus of protozoan parasites of the subclass COCCIDIA. Various species are parasitic in the epithelial cells of the liver and intestines of man and other animals.
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with COCCIDIOSIS (IM); 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: 4612
Unique ID: D004539
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Eimeria - Preferred
Concept UI M0007142
Scope note A genus of protozoan parasites of the subclass COCCIDIA. Various species are parasitic in the epithelial cells of the liver and intestines of man and other animals.
Preferred term Eimeria
Entry term(s) Eimerias



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