National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Echinococcus granulosus

Synonyms

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

Hyper Tapeworm

Echinococcus granulosus

Hydatid Worm

Definitions

A species of cyclophyllid tapeworms in the family Taeniidae. The lifecycle for E. granulosus involves ungulates as the intermediate host and canids as the definitive host. Infestation causes cystic echinococcosis. Humans are not a natural host of the parasite, but in very rare cases can be infected by ingesting eggs from canid feces.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C122289

ALT_DEFINITION

Any cestode parasite that can be assigned to the species Echinococcus granulosus.

code

C122289

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 cyclophyllid tapeworms in the family Taeniidae. The lifecycle for E. granulosus involves ungulates as the intermediate host and canids as the definitive host. Infestation causes cystic echinococcosis. Humans are not a natural host of the parasite, but in very rare cases can be infected by ingesting eggs from canid feces.

FULL_SYN

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

Hyper Tapeworm

Echinococcus granulosus

Hydatid Worm

label

Echinococcus granulosus

NCBI_Taxon_ID

6209

Preferred_Name

Echinococcus granulosus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C122289

Semantic_Type

Animal

UMLS_CUI

C0322177

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C122025

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