"Parasites" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D010271
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.714
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Parasites" by people in Profiles.
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EuPathDB: the eukaryotic pathogen database. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Jan; 41(Database issue):D684-91.
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Differential transcriptomic responses of Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda, Mollusca) to bacteria and metazoan parasites, Schistosoma mansoni and Echinostoma paraensei (Digenea, Platyhelminthes). Mol Immunol. 2010 Jan; 47(4):849-60.
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Stock identification of the sciaenid fish Micropogonias undulatus in the western North Atlantic Ocean using parasites as biological tags. J Helminthol. 2007 Jun; 81(2):155-67.
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Pimozide in delusions of parasitosis. J Clin Psychiatry. 1983 Jun; 44(6):233.