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Abstract
Infections or infestations with PARASITES. They are often contracted through contact with an intermediate vector, but may occur as the result of direct exposure.
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- Parasite Infections
- Parasitic Infections
- Disease, Parasitic
- Diseases, Parasitic
- Infection, Parasite
- Infection, Parasitic
- Infections, Parasite
- Infections, Parasitic
- Parasite Infection
- Parasitic Disease
- Parasitic Infection
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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, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
general; prefer specifics; parasitic diseases of the heart = PARASITIC DISEASES or specific parasitic disease + CARDIOMYOPATHIES, not HEART DISEASES
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History Note
PARASITICIDES was heading 1963-66
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Parasitic Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010272. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010272
- Parasitic Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_disease
- Parasitic Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1601794