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Abstract
Infections of the lungs with parasites, most commonly by parasitic worms (HELMINTHS).
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- Lung Diseases, Parasitic
- Parasitic Infections of Lung
- Pulmonary Parasitic Infections
- Lung Disease, Parasitic
- Lung Parasitic Infection
- Lung Parasitic Infections
- Parasitic Infection, Pulmonary
- Parasitic Infections, Pulmonary
- Parasitic Lung Disease
- Pulmonary Parasitic Infection
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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
coordinate IM with specific parasitic disease (IM); ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Parasitic Lung Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008174. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008174
- Parasitic Lung Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic_pneumonia
- Parasitic Lung Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7135955