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Balamuthia mandrillaris
MeSH Descriptor Data 2024
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MeSH Heading
Balamuthia mandrillaris
Tree Number(s)
B01.046.090
Unique ID
D059611
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059611
Annotation
infection: coordinate with
AMEBIASIS
; for encephalitis caused by this organism, coordinate also with
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS
+
INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS
; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (
ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN
, etc.) if pertinent
Scope Note
A species of free-living soil amoeba in the family Balamuthiidae, causing
AMEBIASIS
and a deadly form of
ENCEPHALITIS
in humans.
Previous Indexing
Amoebozoa (1994-2011)
Public MeSH Note
2012
History Note
2012
Date Established
2012/01/01
Date of Entry
2011/06/24
Revision Date
2020/08/13
Allowable Qualifiers
chemistry (CH)
classification (CL)
cytology (CY)
drug effects (DE)
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)
Eukaryota [B01]
Amoebozoa [B01.046]
Archamoebae [B01.046.060]
Balamuthia mandrillaris [B01.046.090]
Lobosea [B01.046.500]
Mycetozoa [B01.046.550]
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Balamuthia mandrillaris
Preferred
Concept UI
M0550797
Scope Note
A species of free-living soil amoeba in the family Balamuthiidae, causing
AMEBIASIS
and a deadly form of
ENCEPHALITIS
in humans.
Terms
Balamuthia mandrillaris
Preferred Term
Term UI
T779068
Date
10/14/2010
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2012)
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