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MeSH Heading: Balantidiasis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.432.146; C01.610.752.200.146; C06.405.469.452.146
Unique ID: D001447
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001447
Scope Note: Infection by parasites of the genus BALANTIDIUM. The presence of Balantidium in the LARGE INTESTINE leads to DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; and occasionally ULCER.
Entry Term(s): B. coli Infection; Balantidium Infection; Balantidium coli Infection
NLM Classification #: WC 735
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
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: M0002153
Scope Note: Infection by parasites of the genus BALANTIDIUM. The presence of Balantidium in the LARGE INTESTINE leads to DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; and occasionally ULCER.
Terms: Balantidiasis Preferred Term
Term UI T004206
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Balantidium coli Infection
Term UI T000928185
Date06/30/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; B. coli Infection
Term UI T000928186
Date06/30/2017
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Balantidium Infection
Term UI T000909259
Date10/11/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

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