Diseases

Parasitic Eye Infections

Mild to severe infections of the eye and its adjacent structures (adnexa) by adult or larval protozoan or metazoan parasites.

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Structured Summary

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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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • 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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Aspects Covered

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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History Note

90

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Previous Indexing

  • Eye Diseases (1966-1989)
  • specific parasitic infection (1966-1989)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C01w.610w.300
  2. C11w.294.725

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NLM Classification

WW 160

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Parasitic Eye Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015822. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015822
  2. Parasitic Eye Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54514255