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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.
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- Creeping Eruption
- Dew Itch
- Ground Itch
- Creeping Eruptions
- Dew Itchs
- Eruption, Creeping
- Eruptions, Creeping
- Ground Itchs
- Itch, Dew
- Itch, Ground
- Itchs, Dew
- Itchs, Ground
- Cutaneous Larva Migrans
- Larva Migrans, Cutaneous
- Larva Migrans, Ocular
- Ocular Larva Migrans
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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note category: a disease; restrict this dis to nematode infections; Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans, Toxocara causes visceral
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- National Library of Medicine. Larva Migrans. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007815. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007815
- Larva Migrans. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaneous_larva_migrans
- Larva Migrans. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1597571