Biomaterial Database

Larva currens; a distinctive variant of cutaneous larva migrans due to Strongyloides stercoralis. 1958

R P ARTHUR, and W B SHELLEY

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007814	Larva	Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.	Maggots,Tadpoles,Larvae,Maggot,Tadpole
D007815	Larva Migrans	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.	Creeping Eruption,Cutaneous Larva Migrans,Larva Migrans, Cutaneous,Larva Migrans, Ocular,Ocular Larva Migrans,Dew Itch,Ground Itch,Creeping Eruptions,Dew Itchs,Eruption, Creeping,Eruptions, Creeping,Ground Itchs,Itch, Dew,Itch, Ground,Itchs, Dew,Itchs, Ground
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012871	Skin Diseases	Diseases involving the DERMIS or EPIDERMIS.	Dermatoses,Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders,Dermatosis,Skin Disease
D012876	Skin Diseases, Parasitic	Skin diseases caused by ARTHROPODS; HELMINTHS; or other parasites.	Parasitic Skin Diseases,Disease, Parasitic Skin,Diseases, Parasitic Skin,Parasitic Skin Disease,Skin Disease, Parasitic
D013322	Strongyloidiasis	Infection with nematodes of the genus STRONGYLOIDES. The presence of larvae may produce pneumonitis and the presence of adult worms in the intestine could lead to moderate to severe diarrhea.	Anguilluliasis,Anguilluliases,Strongyloidiases
D017171	Strongyloides stercoralis	A species of parasitic nematode widely distributed in tropical and subtropical countries. The females and their larvae inhabit the mucosa of the intestinal tract, where they cause ulceration and diarrhea.	Strongyloides stercorali,stercoralis, Strongyloides