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Loa

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Loa

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Descriptor	Loa
Entry term(s)	Loa loa
Scope note:	Género de nematodos parásitos que se encuentran en áreas de los bosques tropicales de Sudán y en la cuenca del Congo. L. loa se aloja en los tejidos subcutáneos, a los que atraviesa libremente.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Loa

Descriptor French:

Loa

Entry term(s):

Loa loa

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.500.294.400.937.463.410

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008117

Scope note:

A genus of parasitic nematodes found throughout the rain-forest areas of the Sudan and the basin of the Congo. L. loa inhabits the subcutaneous tissues, which it traverses freely.

Annotation:

infection = LOIASIS; coord with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc.) if pertinent; /drug eff: consider FILARICIDES

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

8293

Unique ID:

D008117

NLM Classification:

QX 301

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Date Established:

1960/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01