Echinococcus granulosus

Preferred Label : Echinococcus granulosus;

NCIt related terms : Hydatid Worm; Hyper Tapeworm;

NCIt definition : A species of cyclophyllid tapeworms in the family Taeniidae. The lifecycle for E. granulosus involves ungulates as the intermediate host and canids as the definitive host. Infestation causes cystic echinococcosis. Humans are not a natural host of the parasite, but in very rare cases can be infected by ingesting eggs from canid feces.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any cestode parasite that can be assigned to the species Echinococcus granulosus.;

Taxon ID : 6209;

Details

Origin ID

C122289;

UMLS CUI

C0322177;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- cystic echinococcosis [DO Concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Echinococcus granulosus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Echinococcus granulosus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- echinococcus granulosus [MeSH concept]
- echinococcus granulosus [SNOMED Notion]
- echinococcus granulosus [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Echinococcus granulosus [LOINC component]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Echinococcus granulosus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Echinococcus granulosus (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- echinococcus granulosus [SNOMED Notion]
- echinococcus granulosus [MeSH Descriptor]
- echinococcus granulosus [MeSH concept]
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- CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CDISC SDTM Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology [NCIt concept]

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