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Taenia  

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Entry terms

  • Taeniarhynchus

Note

  • a tapeworm: do not confuse with TINEA (ringworm, a disease); do not confuse with TAENIA COLI see COLON; do not confuse entry term TAENIARHYNCHUS with Taeniorhyncus, a mosquito; infection = TAENIASIS; Taenia echinococcus = Echinococcus granulosus, its infection = ECHINOCOCCOSIS; larval form of TAENIA SAGINATA = Cysticercus bovis, its infection = CYSTICERCOSIS; larval form of TAENIA SOLIUM = CYSTICERCUS; its infection = CYSTICERCOSIS or NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; coord with specific precoord helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A genus of large tapeworms.

History note

  • TAENIARHYNCHUS was see under TAENIA 1966-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013621

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