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Record 1 2017-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Animal Diseases
Universal entry(ies)
B66.3
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Fascioliasis is a waterborne and foodborne zoonotic disease caused by two parasites of class Trematoda, genus Fasciola; namely F. hepatica and F. gigantica.

OBS

B66.3: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

Key term(s)
  • fasciolosis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Maladies des animaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
B66.3
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Distomatose hépatique, commune à l'homme et au bétail (anthropozoonose) provoquée par Fasciola hepatica ou, bien plus rarement, par Fasciola gigantica, dans certains pays tropicaux.

OBS

B66.3 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Parasitosis
  • Enfermedades de los animales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
B66.3
classification system code, see observation
CONT

La fasciolasis es una parasitosis producida por un nemátodo, la Fasciola hepática, en cuyo ciclo evolutivo interviene como hospedero intermediario un caracol de agua dulce y con hospederos definitivos los animales herbívoros y el hombre, por éste último determina que también sea una zoonosis, es decir, una enfermedad transmitida al hombre por medio de los animales.

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Record 2 2010-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Water Pollution
DEF

Any disease caused by organisms or toxic substances carried by water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Pollution de l'eau
DEF

Toute maladie de nature infectieuse ou d'origine chimique causée [, ou que l'on présume] causée, par l'ingestion d'eau ou par un contact avec de l'eau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Contaminación del agua
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