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MeSH Heading: Amebiasis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.752.049
Unique ID: D000562
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000562
Annotation: caused by "any of various amebae"; /‌drug ther: consider also AMEBICIDES; note X ref ABSCESS, AMEBIC: LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC is also available
Scope Note: Infection with any of various amebae. It is an asymptomatic carrier state in most individuals, but diseases ranging from chronic, mild diarrhea to fulminant dysentery may occur.
Entry Term(s): Abscess, Amebic; Acanthamebiasis; Acanthamoeba Infection; Ameboma; Amoebiasis; Balamuthia Infection; Iodamoebiasis
NLM Classification #: WC 285
See Also: Amebicides
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/02/28

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)

Amebiasis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024