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Taenia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Taenia
Tree Number(s)
B01.050.500.500.736.215.895
Unique ID
D013621
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013621
Annotation
a tapeworm: do not confuse with TINEA (ringworm, a disease); do not confuse with TAENIA COLI see COLON; do not confuse entry term TAENIARHYNCHUS with Taeniorhyncus, a mosquito; infection = TAENIASIS; Taenia echinococcus = Echinococcus granulosus, its infection = ECHINOCOCCOSIS; larval form of TAENIA SAGINATA = Cysticercus bovis, its infection = CYSTICERCOSIS; larval form of TAENIA SOLIUM = CYSTICERCUS; its infection = CYSTICERCOSIS or NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; coord with specific precoord helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent
Scope Note
A genus of large tapeworms.
Entry Term(s)
Taeniarhynchus
Registry Numbers
txid6202
NLM Classification #
QX 400
See Also
Cysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis
Public MeSH Note
TAENIARHYNCHUS was see under TAENIA 1966-78
Online Note
use TAENIA to search TAENIARHYNCHUS 1966-78
History Note
TAENIARHYNCHUS was see under TAENIA 1966-78
Date Established
1960/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2020/08/13
Taenia Preferred
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