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Descriptor English: Larva Migrans
Descriptor Spanish: Larva Migrans
Descriptor larva migrans
Entry term(s) erupción serpiginosa
larva migrans cutánea
larva migrans ocular
Scope note: Infecciones producidas por larvas de nematodos que nunca se desarrollan hasta la etapa adulta y que migran a través de diversos tejidos corporales. Suelen infectar la piel, los ojos y las vísceras de los seres humanos. Ancylostoma brasiliensis produce la larva migrans cutánea. Toxocara produce la larva migrans visceral.
Descriptor Portuguese: Larva Migrans
Descriptor French: Larva migrans
Entry term(s): Creeping Eruption
Creeping Eruptions
Cutaneous Larva Migrans
Dew Itch
Dew Itchs
Eruption, Creeping
Eruptions, Creeping
Ground Itch
Ground Itchs
Itch, Dew
Itch, Ground
Itchs, Dew
Itchs, Ground
Larva Migrans, Cutaneous
Larva Migrans, Ocular
Ocular Larva Migrans
Tree number(s): C01.610.335.508.523
C01.610.858.424
C17.800.838.775.424
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007815
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.
Annotation: note category: a disease; restrict this dis to nematode infections; Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans, Toxocara causes visceral
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: 22535
Unique ID: D007815
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Larva Migrans - Preferred
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.
Preferred term Larva Migrans
Entry term(s) Creeping Eruption
Creeping Eruptions
Dew Itch
Dew Itchs
Eruption, Creeping
Eruptions, Creeping
Ground Itch
Ground Itchs
Itch, Dew
Itch, Ground
Itchs, Dew
Itchs, Ground
Cutaneous Larva Migrans - Narrower
Concept UI M0012223
Preferred term Cutaneous Larva Migrans
Entry term(s) Larva Migrans, Cutaneous
Ocular Larva Migrans - Narrower
Concept UI M0012222
Preferred term Ocular Larva Migrans
Entry term(s) Larva Migrans, Ocular



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