76699-8
Filaria identified in Skin by Light microscopy
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Term Description
Skin snips are most useful for detection of microfilariae of O. volvulus and M. streptocerca.
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Filaria
- Property
- Prid
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Skin
- Scale
- Nom
- Method
- Microscopy.light
Additional Names
- Long Common Name
- Filaria identified in Skin by Light microscopy
- Short Name
- Filaria Skin Micro
- Display Name
- Filaria identified LM Nom (Skin)
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Filaria test, Skin
Example Answer List: LL3273-1
Source: BiTAC - Clinical terminology for e-Health| Answer | Code | Score | Answer ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| NegativeCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:260385009 Negative (qualifier value) | LA6577-6 | ||
| Mansonella perstans | LA21608-7 | ||
| Mansonella streptocerca | LA22702-7 | ||
| Onchocerca volvulus | LA22703-5 | ||
| Loa loa | LA22704-3 |
Basic Attributes
- Class
- MICRO
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 2.52
- Last Updated
- Version 2.79 (NAM)
- Change Reason
- Release 2.79: COMPONENT: Triggered by the coll w SCT:The understanding is that the word "identified" refers to the property "PRID", its presence in the component is redundant to the property. Therefore it is better to remove "identified" from the component.;
- Order vs. Observation
- Both
Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Παράσιτο Filaria: Synonyms: Prid Παράσιτο Filaria |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Filaria: |
| es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Filaria identificada: |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Filaria: |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Filaria identifié: |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Filaria: |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Filaria: Synonyms: Microbiologia Microscopia ottica Presenza o Identità Punto nel tempo (episodio) |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | Filaria: Synonyms: lichtmicroscopie |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Filaria: Synonyms: Filarie |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Филярия: Synonyms: Номинальный; |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Filaria: |
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 丝虫属: Synonyms: 丝虫; |
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