"Toxocara canis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic nematode found in the intestine of dogs. Lesions in the brain, liver, eye, kidney, and lung are caused by migrating larvae. In humans, these larvae do not follow normal patterns and may produce visceral larva migrans (LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL).
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D017166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.500.100.780.225
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Case Report: Ocular Toxocariasis: A Report of Three Cases from the Mississippi Delta. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 05; 100(5):1223-1226.