Dracunculus medinensis

Preferred Label : Dracunculus medinensis;

NCIt related terms : Guinea worm;

NCIt definition : A species of parasitic nematode in the family Dracunculidae. The lifecycle of D. medinensis involves copepods and humans. Humans become infected by drinking water containing infected copepods.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any nematode parasite that can be assigned to the species Dracunculus medinensis.;

Taxon ID : 318479;

Details

Origin ID

C122288;

UMLS CUI

C0013102;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- dracunculus nematode [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Dracunculus medinensis [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Dracunculus medinensis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- dracunculus medinensis [SNOMED Notion]
- dracunculus medinensis [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Dracunculus medinensis [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Dracunculus medinensis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- dracunculus medinensis [SNOMED Notion]
- dracunculus medinensis [MeSH concept]
concept_is_in_subset
- CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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