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Descriptor English: Fasciola hepatica
Descriptor Spanish: Fasciola hepatica
Descriptor Fasciola hepatica
Entry term(s) duela del hígado
duela hepática
Scope note: Especie de helminto denominada habitualmente trematodo hepático de la oveja. Se encuentra en las vías biliares, el hígado y la vesícula biliar durante varias etapas del desarrollo. Los huéspedes intermedios son los caracoles y la vegetación acuática. Infecta ocasionalmente al hombre y es más frecuente en el ganado ovino y vacuno.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fasciola hepatica
Descriptor French: Fasciola hepatica
Entry term(s): Fasciola hepaticas
Fluke, Liver
Flukes, Liver
Liver Fluke
Liver Flukes
hepatica, Fasciola
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.715.408.380.420
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005210
Scope note: A species of helminth commonly called the sheep liver fluke. It occurs in the biliary passages, liver, and gallbladder during various stages of development. Snails and aquatic vegetation are the intermediate hosts. Occasionally seen in man, it is most common in sheep and cattle.
Annotation: infection = FASCIOLIASIS & do not bother to coord with FASCIOLA HEPATICA unless particularly discussed (index IM); 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: 5314
Unique ID: D005210
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Fasciola hepatica - Preferred
Concept UI M0008241
Scope note A species of helminth commonly called the sheep liver fluke. It occurs in the biliary passages, liver, and gallbladder during various stages of development. Snails and aquatic vegetation are the intermediate hosts. Occasionally seen in man, it is most common in sheep and cattle.
Preferred term Fasciola hepatica
Entry term(s) Fasciola hepaticas
Fluke, Liver
Flukes, Liver
Liver Fluke
Liver Flukes
hepatica, Fasciola



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