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MeSH Heading: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Tree Number(s): C01.221.812; C01.778; C12.100.937; C23.550.291.531.937
Unique ID: D012749
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012749
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Diseases due to or propagated by sexual contact.
Entry Version: SEX TRANSM DIS
Entry Term(s): STDs; STIs; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Venereal Diseases
Public MeSH Note: 87; was VENEREAL DISEASES 1963-86
Online Note: use SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES to search VENEREAL DISEASES 1966-86
History Note: 87; was VENEREAL DISEASES 1963-86
Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

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: M0019758
Scope Note: Diseases due to or propagated by sexual contact.
Terms: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Preferred Term
Term UI T037665
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sexually Transmitted Infections
Term UI T000866935
Date09/22/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); STIs
Term UI T000866936
Date09/22/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); STDs
Term UI T000870430
Date11/03/2014
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Venereal Diseases
Term UI T037666
Date03/27/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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