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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Strongylida > Heligmosomatoidea > Nippostrongylus

Preferred term

Nippostrongylus  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Nematode, Rat
  • Nematodes, Rat
  • Rat Nematode
  • Rat Nematodes

Note

  • a genus of nematodes; infection: coord IM with STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A genus of intestinal nematode parasites belonging to the superfamily HELIGMOSOMATOIDEA, which commonly occurs in rats but has been experimentally transmitted to other rodents and rabbits. Infection is usually through the skin.

History note

  • 79(75); was see under HOOKWORMS 1975-78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009559

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