toxocara canis

Preferred Label : toxocara canis;

MeSH definition : A species of parasitic nematode found in the intestine of dogs. Lesions in the brain, liver, eye, kidney, and lung are caused by migrating larvae. In humans, these larvae do not follow normal patterns and may produce visceral larva migrans (LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL).;

MeSH synonym : toxocara cani; canis, toxocara;

CISMeF synonym : cani, toxocara;

MeSH annotation : a species of nematode found in the dog intestine; infection: coord IM with TOXOCARIASIS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxocara canis;

UNII : txid6265;

Details

Origin ID

D017166;

UMLS CUI

C0040551;

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- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Toxocara canis [NCIt concept]
- Toxocara canis [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Toxocara canis [LOINC component]
- Toxocara canis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- toxocara canis [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- toxocara canis [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- larva migrans, visceral [MeSH Descriptor]
- toxocariasis [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Eukaryote [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Toxocara canis [NCIt concept]
- Toxocara canis [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Toxocara canis [LOINC component]
- Toxocara canis (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- toxocara canis [SNOMED Notion]

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