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Descriptor
English
:
Parasites
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Parásitos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Parasitos
Synonyms
English
:
Parasite
Tree Number:
B01.050.500.714
Definition
English
:
Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of
parasites
are pathogenic
BACTERIA
; FUNGI;
VIRUSES
; and
PLANTS
; though they may live parasitically.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
general or unspecified only: prefer specifics; in lower
animals
: Manual 22.20; relation to
parasitic diseases
: Manual 22.12-.20;
parasites
in food or parasitic contamination of food is indexed under
FOOD PARASITOLOGY
(IM) + specific
parasite
(IM) + specific food item /parasitol (IM) or (NIM)
See Related
English
:
Anthelmintics
Anti-Infective Agents
Antiprotozoal Agents
Food Parasitology
Host-Parasite Interactions
Parasite Load
History Note
English
:
PARASITICIDES was heading 1963-66
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:
10460
Unique Identifier:
D010271
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