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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Spirurida > Spirurina > Thelazioidea

Preferred term

Thelazioidea  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Spirocerca
  • Spirocercas
  • Thelazia
  • Thelazias

Note

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

Scope note

  • A superfamily of parasitic nematodes which includes three genera: Thelazia, Spirocerca, and GNATHOSTOMA. Only Thelazia and GNATHOSTOMA occasionally occur in man.

History note

  • 86; GNATHOSTOMA & THELAZIA were see under SPIRUROIDEA 1963-85

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013802

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