gnatostomiasi
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Gnathostomiasis, also known as larva migrans profundus, is the human infection caused by any of six species of nematodes in the genus Gnathostoma, which infect vertebrates as second intermediate and primary hosts.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Gnathostomiasis
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Gnathostoma, Larva migrans profundus, Nodular migratory eosinophilic panniculitis, Spiruroid larva migrans, Wandering swelling, Yangtze edema
- Medical condition (new).image
- Growth-and-development-of-Gnathostoma-spinigerum-(Nematoda-Gnathostomatidae)-larvae-in-Mesocyclops-1756-3305-4-93-S1.ogv
- Medical condition (new).caption
- Video showing movement of G. spinigerum larvae in an infected copepod
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Research
467 papers- Albendazole and Mebendazole as Anti-Parasitic and Anti-Cancer Agents: an Update.The Korean journal of parasitology · 2021
- Tropical myelopathies.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2014
- Eosinophilic meningitis.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2013
- [Gnathostomiasis].Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial · 2005
- Cerebral gnathostomiasis.The Medical journal of Australia · 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
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- health specialty
- helminthology
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11379
- has natural reservoir
- Cat
- Commons category
- Gnathostomiasis
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C128395
- ICD-9-CM
- 128.1
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- WikiProject Medicine
- symptoms and signs
- dermatitis
- minimal incubation period in humans
- 21
- maximal incubation period in humans
- 28
- medical examination
- magnetic resonance imaging
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- ivermectin
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