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MeSH Heading: Enterobiasis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.335.508.700.550.550.375
Unique ID: D017229
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017229
Annotation: nematode infect caused by Enterobius
Scope Note: Infection with nematodes of the genus ENTEROBIUS; E. vermicularis, the pinworm of man, causes a crawling sensation and pruritus. This condition results in scratching the area, occasionally causing scarification.
Entry Term(s): Enterobius vermicularis Infection; Infection, Enterobius vermicularis; Infection, Oxyuris vermicularis; Oxyuris vermicularis Infection; Pinworm Infection
Previous Indexing: Oxyuriasis (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93; was see OXYURIASIS 1975-92; was see under OXYURIASIS 1967-74
Online Note: use OXYURIASIS to search ENTEROBIASIS 1966-92
History Note: 93; was see OXYURIASIS 1975-92; was see under OXYURIASIS 1967-74
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/08
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

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: M0026142
Scope Note: Infection with nematodes of the genus ENTEROBIUS; E. vermicularis, the pinworm of man, causes a crawling sensation and pruritus. This condition results in scratching the area, occasionally causing scarification.
Terms: Enterobiasis Preferred Term
Term UI T051351
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Oxyuris vermicularis Infection
Term UI T051355
Date07/29/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Enterobius vermicularis Infection
Term UI T051353
Date07/29/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Infection, Oxyuris vermicularis
Term UI T051354
Date01/13/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Pinworm Infection
Term UI T000909071
Date10/07/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Infection, Enterobius vermicularis
Term UI T051352
Date01/13/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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