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Descriptor
English
:
Onchocerca volvulus
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Onchocerca volvulus
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Onchocerca volvulus
Tree Number:
B01.050.500.500.294.700.750.700.300.510.850
Definition
English
:
A species of parasitic nematodes widely distributed throughout central
Africa
and also found in northern
South America
, southern
Mexico
, and
Guatemala
. Its intermediate host and vector is the blackfly or buffalo gnat.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection
: coord IM with
ONCHOCERCIASIS
(IM); coord with specific helminth term (
ANTIGENS
, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent; /drug eff: consider
FILARICIDES
History Note
English
:
93
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AH
anatomy & histology
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GE
genetics
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IP
isolation & purification
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PY
pathogenicity
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
30634
Unique Identifier:
D017181
Occurrence in VHL
:
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