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MeSH Heading: Schistosomiasis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.335.865.859; C01.920.922
Unique ID: D012552
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012552
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent
Scope Note: Infection with flukes (trematodes) of the genus SCHISTOSOMA. Three species produce the most frequent clinical diseases: SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM (endemic in Africa and the Middle East), SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI (in Egypt, northern and southern Africa, some West Indies islands, northern 2/3 of South America), and SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM (in Japan, China, the Philippines, Celebes, Thailand, Laos). S. mansoni is often seen in Puerto Ricans living in the United States.
Entry Term(s): Bilharziasis; Katayama Fever; Schistoma Infection
NLM Classification #: WC 810
See Also: Schistosomicides
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2019/06/10

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: M0019481
Scope Note: Infection with flukes (trematodes) of the genus SCHISTOSOMA. Three species produce the most frequent clinical diseases: SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM (endemic in Africa and the Middle East), SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI (in Egypt, northern and southern Africa, some West Indies islands, northern 2/3 of South America), and SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM (in Japan, China, the Philippines, Celebes, Thailand, Laos). S. mansoni is often seen in Puerto Ricans living in the United States.
Terms: Schistosomiasis Preferred Term
Term UI T037203
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Schistoma Infection
Term UI T000909099
Date10/07/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Bilharziasis
Term UI T037202
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Katayama Fever
Term UI T814137
Date12/12/2011
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID

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