Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections

"Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Infections of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges by single celled organisms of the former subkingdom known as protozoa. The central nervous system may be the primary or secondary site of protozoal infection. These diseases may occur as OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS or arise in immunocompetent hosts.

Descriptor ID	D020808
MeSH Number(s)	C03.105.300 C03.752.100 C10.228.228.205.300
Concept/Terms	Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections Infection, Central Nervous System, Protozoal Infections, Protozoal, Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections, Central Nervous System Cerebral Protozoal Infections Cerebral Protozoal Infections Cerebral Protozoal Infection Infection, Cerebral Protozoal Infections, Cerebral Protozoal Protozoal Infection, Cerebral Protozoal Infections, Cerebral Meningoencephalitis, Protozoal Meningoencephalitis, Protozoal Meningoencephalitides, Protozoal Protozoal Meningoencephalitides Protozoal Meningoencephalitis Amebic Meningoencephalitis Amebic Meningoencephalitis Amebic Meningoencephalitides Meningoencephalitides, Amebic Meningoencephalitis, Amebic

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections".

Diseases [C]
Parasitic Diseases [C03]
Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections [C03.105]
Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections [C03.105.300]
Protozoan Infections [C03.752]
Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections [C03.752.100]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Central Nervous System Infections [C10.228.228]
Central Nervous System Parasitic Infections [C10.228.228.205]
Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections [C10.228.228.205.300]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections".

Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections
Malaria, Cerebral
Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral

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