National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Fasciola hepatica
Synonyms

FASCIOLA HEPATICA

Sheep liver fluke

Fasciola hepatica

Definitions

A species of flatworms in the family Fasciolidae. The life cycle of F. hepatica involves snails as the intermediate host and humans and herbivores as the definitive host. Infection usually occurs through consumption of contaminated water plants.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C122308

ALT_DEFINITION

Any trematode parasite that can be assigned to the species Fasciola hepatica.

code

C122308

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 flatworms in the family Fasciolidae. The life cycle of F. hepatica involves snails as the intermediate host and humans and herbivores as the definitive host. Infection usually occurs through consumption of contaminated water plants.

FULL_SYN

FASCIOLA HEPATICA

Sheep liver fluke

Fasciola hepatica

label

Fasciola hepatica

NCBI_Taxon_ID

6192

Preferred_Name

Fasciola hepatica

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C122308

Semantic_Type

Animal

UMLS_CUI

C0015648

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C122021

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