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Descriptor
English
:
Brugia
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Spanish
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Brugia
Descriptor
Portuguese
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Brugia
Tree Number:
B01.500.500.294.700.750.700.300.088
Definition
English
:
A filarial worm of Southeast
Asia
, producing
filariasis
and
elephantiasis
in various
mammals
including man. It was formerly included in the genus
WUCHERERIA.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection: check text for probable lymphatic involvement & coord IM with
ELEPHANTIASIS
, FILARIAL (IM); coord with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent; /drug eff: consider
FILARICIDES
History Note
English
:
86(75); was see under FILARIOIDEA 1969-85
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
anatomy & histology
chemistry
classification
cytology
drug effects
embryology
enzymology
growth & development
genetics
immunology
isolation & purification
metabolism
microbiology
physiology
parasitology
pathogenicity
radiation effects
ultrastructure
virology
Record Number:
2037
Unique Identifier:
D002009
Occurrence in VHL
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