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MeSH Heading: Trichuriasis
Tree Number(s): C01.610.335.508.100.275.895
Unique ID: D014257
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014257
Annotation: do not confuse with TRICHINELLOSIS, caused by TRICHINA or TRICHINELLA
Scope Note: Infection with nematodes of the genus TRICHURIS, formerly called Trichocephalus.
Entry Term(s): Trichocephaliasis; Trichuris Infection; Trichuris trichiura Infection; Whipworm Infection
NLM Classification #: WC 860
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 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: M0021941
Scope Note: Infection with nematodes of the genus TRICHURIS, formerly called Trichocephalus.
Terms: Trichuriasis Preferred Term
Term UI T041742
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Trichuris Infection
Term UI T000909114
Date10/07/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Whipworm Infection
Term UI T000909115
Date10/07/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Trichuris trichiura Infection
Term UI T000909116
Date10/07/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Trichocephaliasis
Term UI T041741
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

Trichuriasis MeSH Descriptor Data 2026