"Coccidia" 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.
A subclass of protozoans commonly parasitic in the epithelial cells of the intestinal tract but also found in the liver and other organs. Its organisms are found in both vertebrates and higher invertebrates and comprise two orders: EIMERIIDA and EUCOCCIDIIDA.
| Descriptor ID |
D003044
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.043.075.189
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Coccidia".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Coccidia".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Coccidia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Coccidia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Coccidia" by people in Profiles.
-
Bristol JR, Mayberry LF, Bueno R, Canaris AG. Coccidia of surface-feeding ducks from the central flyway, Texas. J Parasitol. 1981 Apr; 67(2):276-7.