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MeSH Heading: Dracunculiasis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.335.508.700.750.299
Unique ID: D004320
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004320
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent
Scope Note: Infection with nematodes of the genus Dracunculus. One or more worms may be seen at a time, with the legs and feet being the most commonly infected areas. Symptoms include pruritus, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or asthmatic attacks.
Entry Term(s): Dracunculosis; Guinea Worm Disease; Guinea Worm Infection
Public MeSH Note: 93; was DRACUNCULOSIS 1963-92
Online Note: use DRACUNCULIASIS to search DRACUNCULOSIS 1966-92
History Note: 93; was DRACUNCULOSIS 1963-92
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0006796
Scope Note: Infection with nematodes of the genus Dracunculus. One or more worms may be seen at a time, with the legs and feet being the most commonly infected areas. Symptoms include pruritus, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or asthmatic attacks.
Terms: Dracunculiasis Preferred Term
Term UI T013211
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Dracunculosis
Term UI T013212
Date11/15/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Guinea Worm Disease
Term UI T764168
Date01/14/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Guinea Worm Infection
Term UI T013213
Date01/01/1975
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID

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