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Descriptor English: Ascaris lumbricoides
Descriptor Spanish: Ascaris lumbricoides
Descriptor Ascaris lumbricoides
Scope note: Especie de nematodo parásito que es el de mayor tamaño que se ha encontrado en el intestino humano. Está distribuido por todo el mundo, pero es más prevalente en áreas de malas condiciones sanitarias. La infección humana por A. lumbricoides se adquiere al tragar huevos plenamente embrionados a partir de un suelo contaminado.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ascaris lumbricoides
Descriptor French: Ascaris lombricoides
Entry term(s): Ascaris lumbricoide
lumbricoides, Ascaris
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.400.500.100.108.425
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017164
Scope note: A species of parasitic nematode that is the largest found in the human intestine. Its distribution is worldwide, but it is more prevalent in areas of poor sanitation. Human infection with A. lumbricoides is acquired by swallowing fully embryonated eggs from contaminated soil.
Annotation: a species of nematode, the largest found in the human intestine; infection: coord IM with ASCARIASIS (IM); 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: Ascaris (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30823
Unique ID: D017164
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Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/07
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Ascaris lumbricoides - Preferred
Concept UI M0026065
Scope note A species of parasitic nematode that is the largest found in the human intestine. Its distribution is worldwide, but it is more prevalent in areas of poor sanitation. Human infection with A. lumbricoides is acquired by swallowing fully embryonated eggs from contaminated soil.
Preferred term Ascaris lumbricoides
Entry term(s) Ascaris lumbricoide
lumbricoides, Ascaris



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