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Preferred term

Fasciolidae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Fascioloide
  • Fascioloides
  • Fasciolopses
  • Fasciolopsis

Note

  • a family of trematodes; infection: coord IM with TREMATODE INFECTIONS (IM) but note specific FASCIOL- disease terms; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A family of flukes of the class Trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Fascioloides, Tenuifasciola, Parafasciolopsis, and Protofasciola. The adult form of Fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man.

History note

  • 82; FASCIOLOPSIS was heading 1963-81

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005212

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