"Mesocestoides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
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D008645
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.736.215.520
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Sasseville VG, Pauley DR, Young HL, MacKey JJ, Simon MA, Desrosiers RC, Lackner AA. A case of pulmonary cestodiasis in a simian immunodeficiency virus-infected pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) in which virus-infected leukocytes are present within the lesion. J Med Primatol. 1996 Aug; 25(4):251-6.