onchocerca volvulus

Preferred Label : onchocerca volvulus;

MeSH definition : A species of parasitic nematodes widely distributed throughout central Africa and also found in northern South America, southern Mexico, and Guatemala. Its intermediate host and vector is the blackfly or buffalo gnat.;

CISMeF synonym : volvulus, onchocerca;

MeSH annotation : infection: coord IM with ONCHOCERCIASIS (IM); coord with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent; /drug eff: consider FILARICIDES;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onchocerca volvulus;

UNII : txid6282;

Details

Origin ID

D017181;

UMLS CUI

C0029000;

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- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathogenicity [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Onchocerca volvulus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Onchocerca volvulus [NCIt concept]
- Onchocerca volvulus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- onchocerca volvulus [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- onchocerca volvulus [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- onchocerciasis [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Onchocerca volvulus [NCIt concept]
- Onchocerca volvulus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Onchocerca volvulus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- onchocerca volvulus [SNOMED Notion]

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