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Abstract
Mild to severe infections of the eye and its adjacent structures (adnexa) by adult or larval protozoan or metazoan parasites.
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- Eye Infections, Parasitic
- Ocular Infections, Parasitic
- Eye Infection, Parasitic
- Infection, Parasitic Eye
- Infection, Parasitic Ocular
- Infections, Parasitic Eye
- Infections, Parasitic Ocular
- Ocular Infection, Parasitic
- Parasitic Eye Infection
- Parasitic Ocular Infection
- Parasitic Ocular Infections
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coord IM with specific parasitic dis (IM)
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Previous Indexing
- Eye Diseases (1966-1989)
- specific parasitic infection (1966-1989)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Parasitic Eye Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015822. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015822
- Parasitic Eye Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54514255