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MeSH Heading: Filariasis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.335.508.700.750.361
Unique ID: D005368
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005368
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.
Entry Term(s): Elaeophoriasis; Filarioidea Infections; Infections, Filarioidea
NLM Classification #: WC 880
Public MeSH Note: ELAEOPHORIASIS was heading 1975-92 (see under FILARIASIS 1975-90)
Online Note: use FILARIASIS to search ELAEOPHORIASIS 1975-92
History Note: ELAEOPHORIASIS was heading 1975-92 (see under FILARIASIS 1975-90)
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/06/29

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)

Filariasis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024