Diseases

Trichostrongylosis

Infestation with nematode worms of the genus TRICHOSTRONGYLUS. Man and animals become infected by swallowing larvae, usually with contaminated food or drink, although the larvae may penetrate human skin.

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Abstract

Infestation with nematode worms of the genus TRICHOSTRONGYLUS. Man and animals become infected by swallowing larvae, usually with contaminated food or drink, although the larvae may penetrate human skin.

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  • Trichostrongyloses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

nematode infect caused by TRICHOSTRONGYLUS, a genus: do not confuse with TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS, caused by genera of the superfamily TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA

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History Note

91(75)63-67; was see under TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS 1968-90; was heading 1963-67

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Trichostrongylosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014253. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014253
  2. Trichostrongylosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554338