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Descriptor English: Fasciolidae
Descriptor Spanish: Fasciolidae
Descriptor Fasciolidae
Entry term(s) Fascioloides
Fasciolopsis
Scope note: Familia de trematodos de la clase Trematoda que se encuentran principalmente en el hígado de animales y del hombre. Hay seis géneros: Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Fascioloides, Tenuifasciola, Parafasciolopsis, y Protofasciola. La forma adulta de la Fasciolopsis se encuentra en el intestino de los cerdos y del hombre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fasciolidae
Descriptor French: Fasciolidae
Entry term(s): Fascioloide
Fascioloides
Fasciolopses
Fasciolopsis
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.715.408
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005212
Scope note: A family of flukes of the class Trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Fascioloides, Tenuifasciola, Parafasciolopsis, and Protofasciola. The adult form of Fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man.
Annotation: a family of trematodes; infection: coord IM with TREMATODE INFECTIONS (IM) but note specific FASCIOL- disease terms; 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
Previous Indexing: Trematoda (1966-1981)
Public MeSH Note: 82; FASCIOLOPSIS was heading 1963-81
Online Note: use FASCIOLIDAE to search FASCIOLOPSIS 1966-80
History Note: 82; FASCIOLOPSIS was heading 1963-81
DeCS ID: 5316
Unique ID: D005212
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/05/15
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Fasciolidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0008243
Scope note A family of flukes of the class Trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Fascioloides, Tenuifasciola, Parafasciolopsis, and Protofasciola. The adult form of Fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man.
Preferred term Fasciolidae
Fascioloides - Narrower
Concept UI M0008244
Preferred term Fascioloides
Entry term(s) Fascioloide
Fasciolopsis - Narrower
Concept UI M0008245
Preferred term Fasciolopsis
Entry term(s) Fasciolopses



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