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Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Protozoan Infections > Coccidiosis

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Coccidiosis  

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  • Besnoitiases
  • Besnoitiasis

Note

  • protozoan infect caused by COCCIDIA, not COCCIDIOIDES; /drug ther: consider also COCCIDIOSTATS

Scope note

  • Protozoan infection found in animals and man. It is caused by several different genera of COCCIDIA.

History note

  • 1995; for BESNOITIASIS use PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS 1985-1994, was heading 1968-1984; for EIMERIA INFECTIONS & ISOSPORA INFECTIONS use COCCIDIOSIS 1975-1991, use COCCIDIOSIS 1967-1974

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003048

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