National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Parasitic Infection

Synonyms

Parasitic Disease

Parasitic Infection

Definitions

A successful invasion of a host by an organism that uses the host for food and shelter.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C27864

ALT_DEFINITION

An infection caused by a parasite.

code

C27864

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C128453

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C96388

Contributing_Source

NICHD

DEFINITION

A successful invasion of a host by an organism that uses the host for food and shelter.

FULL_SYN

Parasitic Disease

Parasitic Infection

label

Parasitic Infection

Legacy Concept Name

Parasitic_Infection

Maps_To

Ancylostomiasis and necatoriasis, unspecified

Preferred_Name

Parasitic Infection

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C27864

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0747256

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C26726

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