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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.
Registry Number: txid66527
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)

Balamuthia mandrillaris MeSH Descriptor Data 2024