Mesocestoides (Cestoda) infection in a California child.
1992
L V Schultz, and
R R Roberto, and
G W Rutherford, and
B Hummert, and
I Lubell
Infectious Disease Branch, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley 94704.
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007223
Infant
A child between 1 and 23 months of age.
Infants
D008645
Mesocestoides
A genus of tapeworm, containing several species, found as adults in birds and mammals. The larvae or cysticercoid stage develop in invertebrates. Human infection has been reported and is probably acquired from eating inadequately cooked meat of animals infected with the second larval stage known as the tetrahythridium.
Mesocestoide
D002140
California
State bounded on the east by Nevada and Arizona, on the south by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean on the south and west, and on the north by Oregon.
D002590
Cestode Infections
Infections with true tapeworms of the helminth subclass CESTODA.
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
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