"Acanthocheilonemiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A tropical infectious disease found mainly in Africa that is caused by the filarial parasite ACANTHOCHEILONEMA. Symptoms include skin rashes, abdominal, chest, muscle, and joint pains, neurologic disorders, skin lumps, and elevated levels of white blood cells. The parasite is transmitted through the bite of small flies.
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D063485
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.508.700.750.361.137
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthocheilonemiasis" by people in Profiles.
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Absence of the Filarial Endosymbiont Wolbachia in Seal Heartworm (Acanthocheilonema spirocauda) but Evidence of Ancient Lateral Gene Transfer. J Parasitol. 2016 06; 102(3):312-8.