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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Ascaridida > Ascaridoidea > Ascaris > Ascaris suum

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Ascaris suum  

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  • a species of nematode usually found in pigs, transmissible to humans; infection: coord IM with ASCARIASIS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A species of parasitic nematode usually found in domestic pigs and a few other animals. Human infection can also occur, presumably as result of handling pig manure, and can lead to intestinal obstruction.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017165

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