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Descriptor
English
:
Fasciola hepatica
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Fasciola hepatica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Fasciola hepatica
Synonyms
English
:
Liver Fluke
Tree Number:
B01.050.500.500.736.715.408.380.420
Definition
English
:
A species of helminth commonly called the sheep
liver fluke
. It occurs in the biliary passages, liver, and
gallbladder
during various stages of development.
Snails
and aquatic vegetation are the intermediate hosts. Occasionally seen in man, it is most common in sheep and
cattle.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection
=
FASCIOLIASIS
& do not bother to coord with
FASCIOLA HEPATICA
unless particularly discussed (index IM); for
antigens
, coord with
ANTIGENS
, HELMINTH, for
antibodies
, coord with
ANTIBODIES
, HELMINTH
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AH
anatomy & histology
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
5314
Unique Identifier:
D005210
Occurrence in VHL
:
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