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MeSH Heading: Fascioliasis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.335.865.354; C01.610.518.424; C06.552.664.424
Unique ID: D005211
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005211
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; do not confuse with FASCIOLOIDIASIS (caused by Fascioloides) or FASCIOLOPSIASIS (caused by Fasciolopsis)
Scope Note: Liver disease caused by infections with parasitic flukes of the genus FASCIOLA, such as FASCIOLA HEPATICA.
Entry Term(s): Fasciola Infection; Fasciola gigantic Infection; Fasciola hepatica Infection; Fasciola hepatica Infestation
NLM Classification #: WC 805
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

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)

Fascioliasis MeSH Descriptor Data 2026