"Lung Diseases, Parasitic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Infections of the lungs with parasites, most commonly by parasitic worms (HELMINTHS).
Descriptor ID |
D008174
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MeSH Number(s) |
C03.582 C08.381.517 C08.730.450
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Concept/Terms |
Lung Diseases, Parasitic- Lung Diseases, Parasitic
- Lung Disease, Parasitic
- Parasitic Lung Disease
- Parasitic Lung Diseases
- Pulmonary Parasitic Infections
- Parasitic Infection, Pulmonary
- Parasitic Infections, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Parasitic Infection
- Parasitic Infections of Lung
- Lung Parasitic Infection
- Lung Parasitic Infections
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lung Diseases, Parasitic" by people in Profiles.
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Chen F, Liu Z, Wu W, Rozo C, Bowdridge S, Millman A, Van Rooijen N, Urban JF, Wynn TA, Gause WC. An essential role for TH2-type responses in limiting acute tissue damage during experimental helminth infection. Nat Med. 2012 Jan 15; 18(2):260-6.
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Pesce JT, Ramalingam TR, Wilson MS, Mentink-Kane MM, Thompson RW, Cheever AW, Urban JF, Wynn TA. Retnla (relmalpha/fizz1) suppresses helminth-induced Th2-type immunity. PLoS Pathog. 2009 Apr; 5(4):e1000393.
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Sasseville VG, Pauley DR, Young HL, MacKey JJ, Simon MA, Desrosiers RC, Lackner AA. A case of pulmonary cestodiasis in a simian immunodeficiency virus-infected pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) in which virus-infected leukocytes are present within the lesion. J Med Primatol. 1996 Aug; 25(4):251-6.