Screw Worm Infection
"Screw Worm Infection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infection with larvae of the blow fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Callitroga americanum), a common cause of disease in livestock in the southern and southwestern U.S.A.
| Descriptor ID |
D012610
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.858.211.503.744
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| Concept/Terms |
Screw Worm Infection- Screw Worm Infection
- Infection, Screw Worm
- Infections, Screw Worm
- Screw Worm Infections
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