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Record 1 2021-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Animal Diseases
  • Epidemiology
CONT

Parasites are organisms that live off other organisms, or hosts, to survive. Some parasites don’t noticeably affect their hosts. Others grow, reproduce, or invade organ systems that make their hosts sick, resulting in a parasitic infection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Épidémiologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Epidemiología
DEF

Enfermedad infecciosa causada por protozoos, vermes(cestodos, trematodos, nematodos) o artrópodos.

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Record 2 2009-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

Infestation with or disease caused by tapeworms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
DEF

Maladie provoquée par les ténias adultes. Elle se manifeste surtout par de l'anémie, avec amaigrissement, des convulsions et de l'entérite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
DEF

Enfermedad parasitaria intestinal causada por la forma adulta de cestodos del género Taenia.

CONT

La teniosis es una enfermedad zoonótica producida por el cestodo de Taenia solium o Taenia saginata.

OBS

Las tenias, cuyos adultos son hermafroditas, requieren de un huésped intermediario para cumplir su ciclo biológico: el cerdo y el jabalí, en el caso de la Taenia solium, y el ganado vacuno para la Taenia saginata.

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