Diseases

Parasitemia

The presence of parasites (especially malarial parasites) in the blood. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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Abstract

The presence of parasites (especially malarial parasites) in the blood. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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1 entry terms
  • Parasitemias

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coord with specific parasitic disease or specific parasite if specific parasite dis is not in MeSH (do not use /blood to indicate -emia)

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95

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  • specific organism (1966-1994)
  • specific parasitic disease/blood (1966-1994)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Parasitemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018512. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018512
  2. Parasitemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitemia
  3. Parasitemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1897162