"Larva Migrans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infections caused by nematode larvae which never develop into the adult stage and migrate through various body tissues. They commonly infect the skin, eyes, and viscera in man. Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans. Toxocara causes visceral larva migrans.
| Descriptor ID |
D007815
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.508.523 C03.858.424 C17.800.838.775.424
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| Concept/Terms |
Larva Migrans- Larva Migrans
- Dew Itch
- Dew Itchs
- Itch, Dew
- Itchs, Dew
- Ground Itch
- Ground Itchs
- Itch, Ground
- Itchs, Ground
- Creeping Eruption
- Creeping Eruptions
- Eruption, Creeping
- Eruptions, Creeping
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Larva Migrans" by people in Profiles.
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Hookworm infection. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2016 12 08; 2:16088.
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Mucocutaneous manifestations of helminth infections: Trematodes and cestodes. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2015 Dec; 73(6):947-57; quiz 957-8.
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Hookworm infection. N Engl J Med. 2004 Aug 19; 351(8):799-807.
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Visceral and ocular larva migrans. Semin Neurol. 1993 Jun; 13(2):175-9.
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Hyaluronidase from infective Ancylostoma hookworm larvae and its possible function as a virulence factor in tissue invasion and in cutaneous larva migrans. Infect Immun. 1992 Mar; 60(3):1018-23.
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Hookworm disease in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1989 Aug; 8(8):516-20.