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MeSH Heading: Elephantiasis, Filarial
Tree Number(s): C01.610.335.508.700.750.361.350; C01.920.852.250; C15.604.496.490
Unique ID: D004605
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004605
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; coordinate with BRUGIA MALAYI or WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI if pertinent
Scope Note: Parasitic infestation of the human lymphatic system by WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI or BRUGIA MALAYI. It is also called lymphatic filariasis.
Entry Term(s): Bancroftian Elephantiasis; Bancroftian Filariasis; Brugian Filariasis; Brugoa malayi Infection; Elephantiasis, Bancroftian; Elephantiasis, Malayi; Filarial Elephantiasis; Filariasis, Lymphatic; Lymphatic Filariasis; Malayi Filariasis; Wuchereria bancrofti Infection
NLM Classification #: WC 880
Previous Indexing: Elephantiasis (1975-1986); Filariasis (1966-1986)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under FILARIASIS 1988-90; was see under LYMPHEDEMA 1987
History Note: 91(87); was see under FILARIASIS 1988-90; was see under LYMPHEDEMA 1987
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/03/27
Revision Date: 2023/06/01

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: M0007230
Scope Note: Parasitic infestation of the human lymphatic system by WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI or BRUGIA MALAYI. It is also called lymphatic filariasis.
Terms: Elephantiasis, Filarial Preferred Term
Term UI T014063
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1987); Filarial Elephantiasis
Term UI T014062
Date03/27/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Filariasis, Lymphatic
Term UI T014064
Date05/11/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1991); Lymphatic Filariasis
Term UI T014065
Date03/18/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

Concept UI: M000644447
Terms: Elephantiasis, Bancroftian Preferred Term
Term UI T014060
Date11/15/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Wuchereria bancrofti Infection
Term UI T001137833
Date06/01/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Bancroftian Filariasis
Term UI T000946111
Date08/22/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Bancroftian Elephantiasis
Term UI T014061
Date11/15/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993)

Concept UI: M000644448
Terms: Malayi Filariasis Preferred Term
Term UI T000946113
Date08/22/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Brugian Filariasis
Term UI T001137835
Date06/01/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Brugoa malayi Infection
Term UI T001137834
Date06/01/2023
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Elephantiasis, Malayi
Term UI T000946114
Date08/22/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020)

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