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Animal Diseases > Parasitic Diseases, Animal > Helminthiasis, Animal > Toxocariasis > Larva Migrans, Visceral
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Infections > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Larva Migrans > Larva Migrans, Visceral
... > Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Larva Migrans > Larva Migrans, Visceral
Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Skin Diseases, Parasitic > Larva Migrans > Larva Migrans, Visceral

Preferred term

Larva Migrans, Visceral  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Visceral Larva Migrans Syndrome

Note

  • note category: a disease; in human only, caused by Toxocara: coord IM with TOXOCARA CANIS (IM) if caused by T. canis but not with TOXOCARA if by T. cati; in animal probably = TOXOCARIASIS

Scope note

  • A condition produced in man by the prolonged migration of animal nematode larvae in extraintestinal tissues other than skin; characterized by persistent hypereosinophilia, hepatomegaly, and frequently pneumonitis, commonly caused by Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati.

History note

  • 1968

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007816

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