Fasciola hepatica

Preferred Label : Fasciola hepatica;

NCIt related terms : Sheep liver fluke;

NCIt definition : A species of flatworms in the family Fasciolidae. The life cycle of F. hepatica involves snails as the intermediate host and humans and herbivores as the definitive host. Infection usually occurs through consumption of contaminated water plants.;

Alternative definition : CDISC: Any trematode parasite that can be assigned to the species Fasciola hepatica.;

Taxon ID : 6192;

Details

Origin ID

C122308;

UMLS CUI

C0015648;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Fasciola hepatica (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- fasciola hepatica [SNOMED Notion]
- fasciola hepatica [MeSH Descriptor]
- fasciola hepatica [MeSH concept]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Fasciola hepatica [LOINC component]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Fasciola hepatica (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- fasciola hepatica [SNOMED Notion]
- fasciola hepatica [MeSH Descriptor]
- fasciola hepatica [MeSH concept]
- liver trematode, nos [SNOMED Notion]
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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