DeCS

Descriptor English:

Acanthocephala

Descriptor Spanish:

Acantocéfalos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Acanthocephala
Entry term(s)	acantocéfalos gusanos de cabeza espinosa
Scope note:	Filo de gusanos parásitos, estrechamente relacionados con las tenias y que contiene dos géneros: Moniliformis, que en ocasiones infecta al hombre, y Macracanthorhynchus, que infecta al cerdo.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Acantocéfalos

Descriptor French:

Acanthocephala

Entry term(s):

Acanthocéphales
Vers à tête épineuse

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.500.132

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000049

Scope note:

A phylum of parasitic worms, closely related to tapeworms and containing two genera: Moniliformis, which sometimes infects man, and Macracanthorhynchus, which infects swine.

Annotation:

infection: coordinate with HELMINTHIASIS or HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; coordinate with specific helminth terms (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc.) if pertinent

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:

Unique ID:

D000049

NLM Classification:

QX 200

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1974/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date: