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MeSH Heading: Host-Parasite Interactions
Tree Number(s): G16.527.200.400
Unique ID: D006790
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006790
Annotation: coordinate with host /‌parasitol + parasite /‌physiol or other more specific qualifier; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS is also available
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.
Entry Term(s): Host-Parasite Relations; Host-Parasite Relationship; Parasite-Host Interactions; Parasite-Host Relations
NLM Classification #: QX 45
Previous Indexing: specific host, organ, disease/parasitology (1975-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 2008; see HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS 1980-2007
History Note: 2008 (1980)
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/12/21
Revision Date: 2017/12/14

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M0010623
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.
Terms: Host-Parasite Interactions Preferred Term
Term UI T695243
Date04/10/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Parasite-Host Relations
Term UI T020529
Date12/21/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Host-Parasite Relations
Term UI T020530
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1980); Host-Parasite Relationship
Term UI T020531
Date12/21/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Parasite-Host Interactions
Term UI T695244
Date04/10/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008)

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