National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Strongyloides
Synonyms

Strongyloides

STRONGYLOIDES

Definitions

A genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Strongyloididae that infects the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and has an unusual life cycle that includes free-living dioecious adult generations. Infection in immunocompromised individuals can result in potentially fatal disseminated strongyloidiasis.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C125924

ALT_DEFINITION

Any nematode parasite that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Strongyloides genus level.

code

C125924

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85491

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Strongyloididae that infects the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and has an unusual life cycle that includes free-living dioecious adult generations. Infection in immunocompromised individuals can result in potentially fatal disseminated strongyloidiasis.

FULL_SYN

Strongyloides

STRONGYLOIDES

label

Strongyloides

Preferred_Name

Strongyloides

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C125924

Semantic_Type

Animal

UMLS_CUI

C0038461

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C14248

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