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Descriptor English: Toxascaris
Descriptor Spanish: Toxascaris
Descriptor Toxascaris
Scope note: Nematodo de la familia Ascaridae que se encuentra principalmente en el intestino delgado de félidos mayores, así como en perros y gatos. Difiere de TOXOCARA en que las larvas no migran a través de los pulmones. Ocasionalmente produce LARVA MIGRANS VISCERAL en los seres humanos, aunque con mucha menor frecuencia que Toxocara.
Descriptor Portuguese: Toxascaris
Descriptor French: Toxascaris
Entry term(s): Toxascari
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.400.500.100.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014114
Scope note: An ascarid nematode found primarily in the small intestine of the larger Felidae as well as dogs and cats. It differs from TOXOCARA in that the larvae do not migrate through the lungs. It does occasionally produce visceral larva migrans (LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL) in man, although more rarely than does Toxocara.
Annotation: a genus of nematodes; do not confuse with TOXOCARA, also a nematode genus; infection = TOXASCARIASIS; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Nematoda (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 14507
Unique ID: D014114
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Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Toxascaris - Preferred
Concept UI M0021720
Scope note An ascarid nematode found primarily in the small intestine of the larger Felidae as well as dogs and cats. It differs from TOXOCARA in that the larvae do not migrate through the lungs. It does occasionally produce visceral larva migrans (LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL) in man, although more rarely than does Toxocara.
Preferred term Toxascaris
Entry term(s) Toxascari



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