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MeSH Heading: Echinococcosis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.335.190.396
Unique ID: D004443
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004443
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC and ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY are also available; Taenia echinococcus infection = ECHINOCOCCOSIS + ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
Scope Note: An infection caused by the infestation of the larval form of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. The liver, lungs, and kidney are the most common areas of infestation.
Entry Term(s): Cystic Echinococcosis; Cysts, Hydatid; Echinococcus Granulosus Infection; Echinococcus Infection; Hydatid Cyst; Hydatid Disease; Hydatidosis
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/07/02

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: M000640389
Terms: Cystic Echinococcosis Preferred Term
Term UI T000956610
Date05/01/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Hydatid Disease
Term UI T000919593
Date03/22/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Echinococcus Granulosus Infection
Term UI T000938927
Date01/11/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Cysts, Hydatid
Term UI T013524
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Hydatid Cyst
Term UI T013525
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Hydatidosis
Term UI T013526
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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