Concept information
Preferred term
Larva Migrans
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Creeping Eruption
- Creeping Eruptions
- Dew Itch
- Dew Itchs
- Eruption, Creeping
- Eruptions, Creeping
- Ground Itch
- Ground Itchs
- Itch, Dew
- Itch, Ground
- Itchs, Dew
- Itchs, Ground
Note
- note category: a disease; restrict this dis to nematode infections; Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans, Toxocara causes visceral
Scope note
- Infections caused by nematode larvae which never develop into the adult stage and migrate through various body tissues. They commonly infect the skin, eyes, and viscera in man. Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans. Toxocara causes visceral larva migrans.
In other languages
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Finnish
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larva migrans
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007815
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