Trichuris trichiura

Preferred Label : Trichuris trichiura;

NCIt related terms : Human Whipworm;

NCIt definition : A species of parasitic roundworms in the family Trichuridae most commonly found in tropical Asia and, to a lesser degree, in Africa and South America. Infestation with T. trichiura is generally confined to the cecum and colon but can be present in more distal segments of the GI tract in heavily infected individuals.;

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

Taxon ID : 36087;

Details

Origin ID

C125973;

UMLS CUI

C0040913;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- trichuris [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Trichuris trichiura [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Trichuris trichiura (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- trichuris trichiura [MeSH concept]
- trichuris trichiura [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Trichuris trichiura [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Trichuris trichiura (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- trichuris trichiura [SNOMED Notion]
- trichuris trichiura [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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