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Descriptor English: Ascariasis
Descriptor Spanish: Ascariasis
Descriptor ascariasis
Entry term(s) ascariosis
Scope note: Infección por nematodos del género ASCARIS. La ingestión de sus huevos produce diarrea y neumonitis. Su distribución es más prevalente en áreas con poca salubridad y donde las heces humanas se usan como fertilizantes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ascaríase
Descriptor French: Ascaridiose
Entry term(s): Ascariases
Ascaris Infection
Ascaris Infections
Infection, Ascaris
Infections, Ascaris
Tree number(s): C01.610.335.508.700.100.070
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001196
Scope note: Infection by nematodes of the genus ASCARIS. Ingestion of infective eggs causes diarrhea and pneumonitis. Its distribution is more prevalent in areas of poor sanitation and where human feces are used for fertilizer.
Annotation: nematode infect caused by ASCARIS; do not confuse with ACARIASIS, mite infestation or ASCARIDIASIS, infection with ASCARIDIA; coord IM with species (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 1202
Unique ID: D001196
NLM Classification: WC 870
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Ascariasis - Preferred
Concept UI M0001785
Scope note Infection by nematodes of the genus ASCARIS. Ingestion of infective eggs causes diarrhea and pneumonitis. Its distribution is more prevalent in areas of poor sanitation and where human feces are used for fertilizer.
Preferred term Ascariasis
Entry term(s) Ascariases
Ascaris Infection
Ascaris Infections
Infection, Ascaris
Infections, Ascaris



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