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MeSH Heading: Fasciolidae
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.715.408
Unique ID: D005212
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005212
Annotation: a family of trematodes; infection: coord IM with TREMATODE INFECTIONS (IM) but note specific FASCIOL- disease terms; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH
Scope Note: A family of flukes of the class Trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Fascioloides, Tenuifasciola, Parafasciolopsis, and Protofasciola. The adult form of Fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man.
Entry Term(s): Fascioloides; Fasciolopsis
Registry Numbers: txid27843; txid394414; txid27844
Related Numbers: txid27844; txid394414
Previous Indexing: Trematoda (1966-1981)
Public MeSH Note: 82; FASCIOLOPSIS was heading 1963-81
Online Note: use FASCIOLIDAE to search FASCIOLOPSIS 1966-80
History Note: 82; FASCIOLOPSIS was heading 1963-81
Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/05/15
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Fasciolidae MeSH Descriptor Data 2025