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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Spirurida > Filarioidea > Dirofilaria

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Dirofilaria  

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Note

  • infection = DIROFILARIASIS; coord with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent; /drug eff: consider FILARICIDES

Scope note

  • A genus of filarial nematodes. Various immature species have been found to infect the eyes or subcutaneous tissue in humans.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under FILARIOIDEA 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004182

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