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Descriptor English: Hookworm Infections
Descriptor Spanish: Infecciones por Uncinaria
Descriptor infecciones por Uncinaria
Entry term(s) bunostomiasis
uncinariasis
uncinariosis
Scope note: Infección del ser humano o de los animales causada por nematodos anquilostomas que no pertenecen al género Ancylostoma o Necator, para las que existen los términos específicos de ANQUILOSTOMIASIS o NECATORIASIS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Infecções por Uncinaria
Descriptor French: Infections à ankylostomes
Entry term(s): Bunostomiases
Bunostomiasis
Hookworm Infection
Infection, Hookworm
Infections, Hookworm
Tree number(s): C01.610.335.508.700.775.455
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006725
Scope note: Infection of humans or animals with hookworms other than those caused by the genus Ancylostoma or Necator, for which the specific terms ANCYLOSTOMIASIS and NECATORIASIS are available.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; New World hookworm infection equals NECATORIASIS, Old World hookworm infection equals ANCYLOSTOMIASIS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 73; was HOOKWORM INFECTION 1963-72; BUNOSTOMIASIS was heading 1968-92
Online Note: use HOOKWORM INFECTIONS to search HOOKWORM INFECTION 1966-72 & BUNOSTOMIASIS 1968-92
History Note: 73; was HOOKWORM INFECTION 1963-72; BUNOSTOMIASIS was heading 1968-92
Entry Version: HOOKWORM INFECT
DeCS ID: 6881
Unique ID: D006725
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1992/05/20
Hookworm Infections - Preferred
Concept UI M0010535
Scope note Infection of humans or animals with hookworms other than those caused by the genus Ancylostoma or Necator, for which the specific terms ANCYLOSTOMIASIS and NECATORIASIS are available.
Preferred term Hookworm Infections
Entry term(s) Hookworm Infection
Infection, Hookworm
Infections, Hookworm
Bunostomiasis - Narrower
Concept UI M0010534
Preferred term Bunostomiasis
Entry term(s) Bunostomiases



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