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Descriptor English: Acanthocephala
Descriptor Spanish: Acantocéfalos
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): Acanthocephalas
Thorny Headed Worms
Thorny-Headed Worm
Thorny-Headed Worms
Worm, Thorny-Headed
Worms, Thorny-Headed
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 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
Public MeSH Note: 74; was see under HELMINTHS 1963-73
Online Note: search HELMINTHS 1966-73
History Note: 74; was see under HELMINTHS 1963-73
DeCS ID: 51
Unique ID: D000049
NLM Classification: QX 200
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Acanthocephala - Preferred
Concept UI M0000075
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.
Preferred term Acanthocephala
Entry term(s) Acanthocephalas
Thorny Headed Worms
Thorny-Headed Worm
Thorny-Headed Worms
Worm, Thorny-Headed
Worms, Thorny-Headed



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