Diseases

Monkey Diseases

Diseases of Old World and New World monkeys. This term includes diseases of baboons but not of chimpanzees or gorillas (= APE DISEASES).

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Diseases of Old World and New World monkeys. This term includes diseases of baboons but not of chimpanzees or gorillas (= APE DISEASES).

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Disease, Monkey
  • Diseases, Monkey
  • Monkey Disease

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Aspects Covered

32 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific monkey or with HAPLORHINI (NIM) if monkey is not specified + specific disease /vet; for abnormalities or injuries, index under specific monkey heading /abnorm or /inj; does not include diseases of chimpanzees: CHIMPANZEE is an ape, not monkey ( = APE DISEASES)

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  1. C22w.735.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Monkey Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008992. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008992
  2. Monkey Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54972915