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MeSH Heading: Parasitic Diseases
Tree Number(s): C01.610
Unique ID: D010272
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010272
Annotation: general; prefer specifics; parasitic diseases of the heart = PARASITIC DISEASES or specific parasitic disease + CARDIOMYOPATHIES, not HEART DISEASES
Scope Note: Infections or infestations with PARASITES. They are often contracted through contact with an intermediate vector, but may occur as the result of direct exposure.
Entry Version: PARASITIC DIS
Entry Term(s): Parasite Infections; Parasitic Infections
Public MeSH Note: PARASITICIDES was heading 1963-66
Online Note: search PARASITICIDES under ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS 1966
History Note: PARASITICIDES was heading 1963-66
Entry Combination: veterinary:Parasitic Diseases, Animal
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Entry Combination: veterinary:Parasitic Diseases, Animal
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)

virology (VI)

Parasitic Diseases MeSH Descriptor Data 2025