Angiostrongylus

"Angiostrongylus" 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.

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A genus of parasitic nematodes of the superfamily METASTRONGYLOIDEA. Two species, ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS and A. vasorum, infest the lungs of rats and dogs, respectively. A. cantonensis is transmissible to man where it causes frequently fatal infection of the central nervous system.

Descriptor ID

D000801

MeSH Number(s)

B01.050.500.500.294.700.775.588.080

Concept/Terms

Angiostrongylus

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Angiostrongylus".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Helminths [B01.050.500.500]
Nematoda [B01.050.500.500.294]
Secernentea [B01.050.500.500.294.700]
Strongylida [B01.050.500.500.294.700.775]
Metastrongyloidea [B01.050.500.500.294.700.775.588]
Angiostrongylus [B01.050.500.500.294.700.775.588.080]

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Angiostrongylus
Angiostrongylus cantonensis

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	0	1

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