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Descriptor English: Balamuthia mandrillaris
Descriptor Spanish: Balamuthia mandrillaris
Descriptor Balamuthia mandrillaris
Scope note: Especie de ameba libre que habita en los suelos, de la familia Balamuthiidae, causante de la AMEBIASIS y de una forma mortal de ENCEFALITIS en los humanos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Balamuthia mandrillaris
Descriptor French: Balamuthia mandrillaris
Tree number(s): B01.046.090
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059611
Scope note: A species of free-living soil amoeba in the family Balamuthiidae, causing AMEBIASIS and a deadly form of ENCEPHALITIS in humans.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with AMEBIASIS; for encephalitis caused by this organism, coordinate also with CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS + INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc.) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
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: 54439
Unique ID: D059611
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Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Balamuthia mandrillaris - Preferred
Concept UI M0550797
Preferred term Balamuthia mandrillaris



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