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Descriptor English: Toxocara
Descriptor Spanish: Toxocara
Descriptor Toxocara
Scope note: Género de nematodos de la familia Ascaridae que suelen parasitar el intestino de gatos y perros.
Descriptor Portuguese: Toxocara
Descriptor French: Toxocara
Entry term(s): Toxocaras
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.400.500.100.780
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014119
Scope note: A genus of ascarid nematodes commonly parasitic in the intestines of cats and dogs.
Annotation: a genus of nematodes common in cat & dog intestine but TOXOCARA CANIS is available; do not confuse with TOXASCARIS, also a nematode genus; infection = TOXOCARIASIS (not to be confused with 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
DeCS ID: 14512
Unique ID: D014119
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Toxocara - Preferred
Concept UI M0021725
Scope note A genus of ascarid nematodes commonly parasitic in the intestines of cats and dogs.
Preferred term Toxocara
Entry term(s) Toxocaras



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