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Descriptor English: Strongyloides stercoralis
Descriptor Spanish: Strongyloides stercoralis
Descriptor Strongyloides stercoralis
Scope note: Especie de nematodos parásitos ampliamente distribuidos en países tropicales y subtropicales. Las hembras y sus larvas habitan en la mucosa del tracto intestinal, produciendo ulceraciones y diarrea.
Descriptor Portuguese: Strongyloides stercoralis
Descriptor French: Strongyloides stercoralis
Entry term(s): Strongyloides stercorali
stercoralis, Strongyloides
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.400.875.640.680.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017171
Scope note: A species of parasitic nematode widely distributed in tropical and subtropical countries. The females and their larvae inhabit the mucosa of the intestinal tract, where they cause ulceration and diarrhea.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with STRONGYLOIDIASIS; coordinate with specific helminth terms (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc.) if pertinent
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: Strongyloides (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30492
Unique ID: D017171
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2017/07/12
Strongyloides stercoralis - Preferred
Concept UI M0026072
Scope note A species of parasitic nematode widely distributed in tropical and subtropical countries. The females and their larvae inhabit the mucosa of the intestinal tract, where they cause ulceration and diarrhea.
Preferred term Strongyloides stercoralis
Entry term(s) Strongyloides stercorali
stercoralis, Strongyloides



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