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Descriptor English: Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Descriptor Spanish: Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Descriptor Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Scope note: Especie de nematodo parásito distribuido por las Islas del Pacífico que infesta los pulmones de las ratas domésticas. La infección humana, causada por el consumo de babosas y caracoles de tierra crudos, da lugar a meningitis eosinofílica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Descriptor French: Angiostrongylus cantonensis
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.588.080.225
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017185
Scope note: A species of parasitic nematodes distributed throughout the Pacific islands that infests the lungs of domestic rats. Human infection, caused by consumption of raw slugs and land snails, results in eosinophilic meningitis.
Annotation: a species of nematode in rat & man; for ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS infection, use STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; for antigens, coordinate with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coordinate 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: Angiostrongylus (1981-1992)
Metastrongyloidea (1966-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
DeCS ID: 30850
Unique ID: D017185
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/07
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Angiostrongylus cantonensis - Preferred
Concept UI M0026088
Scope note A species of parasitic nematodes distributed throughout the Pacific islands that infests the lungs of domestic rats. Human infection, caused by consumption of raw slugs and land snails, results in eosinophilic meningitis.
Preferred term Angiostrongylus cantonensis



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