Toxocara canis

"Toxocara canis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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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).

Descriptor ID	D017166
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.500.294.400.500.100.780.225
Concept/Terms	Toxocara canis Toxocara canis Toxocara cani canis, Toxocara

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Helminths [B01.050.500.500]
Nematoda [B01.050.500.500.294]
Chromadorea [B01.050.500.500.294.400]
Ascaridida [B01.050.500.500.294.400.500]
Ascaridoidea [B01.050.500.500.294.400.500.100]
Toxocara [B01.050.500.500.294.400.500.100.780]
Toxocara canis [B01.050.500.500.294.400.500.100.780.225]

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