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Descriptor English: Larva Migrans, Visceral
Descriptor Spanish: Larva Migrans Visceral
Descriptor larva migrans visceral
Scope note: Afección de los seres humanos causada por la migración prolongada de larvas de nematodos animales en tejidos extraintestinales diferentes a la piel. Se caracteriza por hipereosinofilia persistente, hepatomegalia y con frecuencia neumonía, habitualmente causada por Toxocara canis y Toxocara cati.
Descriptor Portuguese: Larva Migrans Visceral
Descriptor French: Larva migrans viscérale
Entry term(s): Larva Migran, Visceral
Migran, Visceral Larva
Migrans, Visceral Larva
Visceral Larva Migran
Visceral Larva Migrans
Visceral Larva Migrans Syndrome
Tree number(s): C01.610.335.508.523.780
C01.610.335.508.700.100.868.420
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007816
Scope note: A condition produced in man by the prolonged migration of animal nematode larvae in extraintestinal tissues other than skin; characterized by persistent hypereosinophilia, hepatomegaly, and frequently pneumonitis, commonly caused by Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati.
Annotation: note category: a disease; in human only, caused by Toxocara: coord IM with TOXOCARA CANIS (IM) if caused by T. canis but not with TOXOCARA if by T. cati; in animal probably = TOXOCARIASIS
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
Previous Indexing: Larva Migrans (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 1968
History Note: 1968
DeCS ID: 24224
Unique ID: D007816
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Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Larva Migrans, Visceral - Preferred
Concept UI M0012224
Scope note A condition produced in man by the prolonged migration of animal nematode larvae in extraintestinal tissues other than skin; characterized by persistent hypereosinophilia, hepatomegaly, and frequently pneumonitis, commonly caused by Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati.
Preferred term Larva Migrans, Visceral
Entry term(s) Larva Migran, Visceral
Migran, Visceral Larva
Migrans, Visceral Larva
Visceral Larva Migran
Visceral Larva Migrans
Visceral Larva Migrans Syndrome



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