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MeSH Heading: Chagas Disease
Tree Number(s): C01.610.752.300.900.200; C01.920.625
Unique ID: D014355
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014355
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY is also available.
Scope Note: Infection with the protozoan parasite TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, a form of TRYPANOSOMIASIS endemic in Central and South America. It is named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered the parasite. Infection by the parasite (positive serologic result only) is distinguished from the clinical manifestations that develop years later, such as destruction of PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLIA; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; and dysfunction of the ESOPHAGUS or COLON.
Entry Version: CHAGAS DIS
Entry Term(s): American Trypanosomiasis; Chagas' Disease; Trypanosoma cruzi Infection; Trypanosomiasis, South American
NLM Classification #: WC 705
Public MeSH Note: 92; was TRYPANOSOMIASIS, SOUTH AMERICAN 1966-91; CHAGAS DISEASE was see TRYPANOSOMIASIS, SOUTH AMERICAN 1981-91
Online Note: use CHAGAS DISEASE to search TRYPANOSOMIASIS, SOUTH AMERICAN 1966-91
History Note: 92; was TRYPANOSOMIASIS, SOUTH AMERICAN 1966-91; CHAGAS DISEASE was see TRYPANOSOMIASIS, SOUTH AMERICAN 1981-91
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 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: M0022076
Scope Note: Infection with the protozoan parasite TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, a form of TRYPANOSOMIASIS endemic in Central and South America. It is named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered the parasite. Infection by the parasite (positive serologic result only) is distinguished from the clinical manifestations that develop years later, such as destruction of PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLIA; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; and dysfunction of the ESOPHAGUS or COLON.
Terms: Chagas Disease Preferred Term
Term UI T041998
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; American Trypanosomiasis
Term UI T549201
Date08/26/2003
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Trypanosomiasis, South American
Term UI T041999
Date02/04/1991
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Trypanosoma cruzi Infection
Term UI T000908429
Date09/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Chagas' Disease
Term UI T041997
Date04/30/1991
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1992)

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