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Descriptor English: Entamoeba histolytica
Descriptor Spanish: Entamoeba histolytica
Descriptor Entamoeba histolytica
Entry term(s) Endamoeba histolytica
Scope note: Especie de protozoos parásitos que causan ENTAMEBIASIS y disentería amebiana (DISENTERÍA AMEBIANA). Entre sus características está la presencia de un núcleo único que contiene un pequeño cariosoma central y cromatina periférica, fina y homogéneamente granulada.
Descriptor Portuguese: Entamoeba histolytica
Descriptor French: Entamoeba histolytica
Entry term(s): Endamoeba histolytica
histolytica, Endamoeba
Tree number(s): B01.046.500.100.700.335.330
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004748
Scope note: A species of parasitic protozoa causing ENTAMOEBIASIS and amebic dysentery (DYSENTERY, AMEBIC). Characteristics include a single nucleus containing a small central karyosome and peripheral chromatin that is finely and regularly beaded.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with ENTAMOEBIASIS and, if pertinent, coordinate with DYSENTERY, AMEBIC or LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; 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: 4828
Unique ID: D004748
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/01/23
Entamoeba histolytica - Preferred
Concept UI M0007459
Scope note A species of parasitic protozoa causing ENTAMOEBIASIS and amebic dysentery (DYSENTERY, AMEBIC). Characteristics include a single nucleus containing a small central karyosome and peripheral chromatin that is finely and regularly beaded.
Preferred term Entamoeba histolytica
Entry term(s) Endamoeba histolytica
histolytica, Endamoeba



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