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MeSH Heading: Larva Migrans
Tree Number(s): C01.610.335.508.523; C01.610.858.424; C17.800.838.775.424
Unique ID: D007815
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007815
Annotation: note category: a disease; restrict this dis to nematode infections; Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans, Toxocara causes visceral
Scope Note: Infections caused by nematode larvae which never develop into the adult stage and migrate through various body tissues. They commonly infect the skin, eyes, and viscera in man. Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans. Toxocara causes visceral larva migrans.
Entry Term(s): Creeping Eruption; Cutaneous Larva Migrans; Dew Itch; Ground Itch; Larva Migrans, Cutaneous; Larva Migrans, Ocular; Ocular Larva Migrans
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012221
Scope Note: Infections caused by nematode larvae which never develop into the adult stage and migrate through various body tissues. They commonly infect the skin, eyes, and viscera in man. Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans. Toxocara causes visceral larva migrans.
Terms: Larva Migrans Preferred Term
Term UI T023367
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Creeping Eruption
Term UI T023366
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Dew Itch
Term UI T782917
Date12/28/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Ground Itch
Term UI T782918
Date12/28/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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