National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Dracunculus medinensis
Synonyms

Dracunculus medinensis

DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS

Guinea worm

Definitions

A species of parasitic nematode in the family Dracunculidae. The lifecycle of D. medinensis involves copepods and humans. Humans become infected by drinking water containing infected copepods.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C122288

ALT_DEFINITION

Any nematode parasite that can be assigned to the species Dracunculus medinensis.

code

C122288

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85491

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A species of parasitic nematode in the family Dracunculidae. The lifecycle of D. medinensis involves copepods and humans. Humans become infected by drinking water containing infected copepods.

FULL_SYN

Dracunculus medinensis

DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS

Guinea worm

label

Dracunculus medinensis

NCBI_Taxon_ID

318479

Preferred_Name

Dracunculus medinensis

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C122288

Semantic_Type

Animal

UMLS_CUI

C0013102

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C122011

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