| Descriptor English: | Host-Parasite Interactions | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Interações Hospedeiro-Parasita | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Interactions hôte-parasite | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Host Parasite Interactions Host Parasite Relations Host Parasite Relationship Host-Parasite Interaction Host-Parasite Relation Host-Parasite Relations Host-Parasite Relationship Host-Parasite Relationships Interaction, Host-Parasite Interaction, Parasite-Host Interactions, Host-Parasite Interactions, Parasite-Host Parasite Host Interactions Parasite Host Relations Parasite-Host Interaction Parasite-Host Interactions Parasite-Host Relation Parasite-Host Relations Relation, Host-Parasite Relation, Parasite-Host Relations, Host-Parasite Relations, Parasite-Host Relationship, Host-Parasite Relationships, Host-Parasite  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        G16.527.200.400 | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006790 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The relationship between an invertebrate and another organism (the host), one of which lives at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically. | 
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| Annotation: | coordinate with host /parasitol + parasite /physiol or other more specific qualifier; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS is also available | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        DE                                                            drug effects GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                specific host, organ, disease/parasitology (1975-1979) | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2008; see HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS 1980-2007 | 
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| History Note: | 2008 (1980) | 
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| DeCS ID: | 6943 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D006790 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | QX 45 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1980/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1978/12/21 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/12/14 | 
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                                        PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
 
Biological Phenomena [G16]Biological Phenomena 
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| Scope note | The relationship between an invertebrate and another organism (the host), one of which lives at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically. | 
| Preferred term | Host-Parasite Interactions | 
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                                                                                            Host Parasite Interactions                                                 Host Parasite Relations Host Parasite Relationship Host-Parasite Interaction Host-Parasite Relation Host-Parasite Relations Host-Parasite Relationship Host-Parasite Relationships Interaction, Host-Parasite Interaction, Parasite-Host Interactions, Host-Parasite Interactions, Parasite-Host Parasite Host Interactions Parasite Host Relations Parasite-Host Interaction Parasite-Host Interactions Parasite-Host Relation Parasite-Host Relations Relation, Host-Parasite Relation, Parasite-Host Relations, Host-Parasite Relations, Parasite-Host Relationship, Host-Parasite Relationships, Host-Parasite  | 
                                
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