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Descriptor English: Fasciola
Descriptor Spanish: Fasciola
Descriptor Fasciola
Scope note: Género de trematodos hepáticos de la familia Fasciolidae. Dos especies de este género son F. hepática y F. gigantica. Los parásitos se encuentran en el hígado, la vesícula biliar y los conductos asociados en mamíferos y ocasionalmente en el hombre. F. gigantica es poco frecuente en el hombre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fasciola
Descriptor French: Fasciola
Entry term(s): Fasciolas
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.715.408.380
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005209
Scope note: A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Fasciolidae. Two species of this genus are F. hepatica and F. gigantica. The parasites are found in the liver and gallbladder and associated ducts in mammals and occasionally man. F. gigantica occurs rarely in man.
Annotation: infection = FASCIOLIASIS; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH
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: 5313
Unique ID: D005209
NLM Classification: QX 365
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Fasciola - Preferred
Concept UI M0008240
Scope note A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Fasciolidae. Two species of this genus are F. hepatica and F. gigantica. The parasites are found in the liver and gallbladder and associated ducts in mammals and occasionally man. F. gigantica occurs rarely in man.
Preferred term Fasciola
Entry term(s) Fasciolas



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