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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Oxyurida > Oxyuroidea

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Oxyuroidea  

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Entry terms

  • Syphacia
  • Syphacias

Note

  • a superfamily of nematodes; infection: coord IM with OXYURIASIS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A superfamily of parasitic nematodes consisting of several genera. ENTEROBIUS, which occurs in humans, and Oxyuris, which occurs in horses, are two of the most common. Other genera are: Skrjabinema, Passalurus, Dermatoxys, and Probstmayria.

History note

  • SYPHACIA was see under OXYUROIDEA 1963-85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010124

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