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Descriptor English: Ancylostoma
Descriptor Spanish: Ancylostoma
Descriptor Ancylostoma
Entry term(s) Ancylostoma caninum
Ancylostoma duodenale
anquilostoma del Viejo Mundo
uncinaria del Viejo Mundo
Scope note: Género de PARÁSITOS intestinales NEMATODOS que consta de varias especies. A. duodenale es la UNCINARIA intestinal más frecuente en HUMANOS. A. braziliense, A. ceylonicum y A. caninum se encuentran principalmente en GATOS y PERROS, pero se sabe que todos se encuentran en HUMANOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ancylostoma
Descriptor French: Ancylostoma
Entry term(s): Ancylostoma caninum
Ancylostoma duodenale
Ancylostomas
Hookworm, Old World
Hookworms, Old World
Old World Hookworm
Old World Hookworms
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.100.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000722
Scope note: A genus of nematode intestinal parasites that consists of several species. A. duodenale is the common hookworm in humans. A. braziliense, A. ceylonicum, and A. caninum occur primarily in cats and dogs, but all have been known to occur in humans.
Annotation: a genus of nematodes; infection = ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; coord with specific pre-coordinated helminth terms (e.g., ANTIGENS, HELMINTH) 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
Public MeSH Note: ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE was UNCINARIA DUODENALE 1979-92
Online Note: use ANCYLOSTOMA to search UNCINARIA DUODENALE 1979-92
History Note: ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE was UNCINARIA DUODENALE 1979-92
DeCS ID: 734
Unique ID: D000722
NLM Classification: QX 243
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Ancylostoma - Preferred
Concept UI M0001095
Scope note A genus of nematode intestinal parasites that consists of several species. A. duodenale is the common hookworm in humans. A. braziliense, A. ceylonicum, and A. caninum occur primarily in cats and dogs, but all have been known to occur in humans.
Preferred term Ancylostoma
Entry term(s) Ancylostomas
Ancylostoma caninum - Narrower
Concept UI M0001096
Preferred term Ancylostoma caninum
Ancylostoma duodenale - Narrower
Concept UI M0001097
Preferred term Ancylostoma duodenale
Entry term(s) Hookworm, Old World
Hookworms, Old World
Old World Hookworm
Old World Hookworms



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