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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Spirurida > Filarioidea > Acanthocheilonema

Preferred term

Acanthocheilonema  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • infection = ACANTHOCHEILONEMIASIS but infection with ACANTHOCHEILONEMA PERSTANS = ACANTHOCHEILONEMA PERSTANS INFECTION see MANSONELLIASIS; coordinate with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A common genus of tropical filarial worms parasitic in humans and monkeys.

History note

  • 2013; use Dipetalonema 1986-2012

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D063486

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