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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Spirurida > Filarioidea > Dipetalonema

Preferred term

Dipetalonema  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • infection = DIPETALONEMA INFECTIONS but infection with DIPETALONEMA PERSTANS = DIPETALONEMA PERSTANS INFECTION see MANSONELLIASIS; coordinate with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A filarial nematode parasite of mammalian blood with the vector being a tick or small fly.

History note

  • 86; was ACANTHOCHEILONEMA 1963-85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004153

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