Sarcocystosis
"Sarcocystosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infection of the striated muscle of mammals by parasites of the genus SARCOCYSTIS. Disease symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, muscle weakness, and paralysis are produced by sarcocystin, a toxin produced by the organism.
| Descriptor ID |
D012523
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.250.634
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| Concept/Terms |
Sarcocystosis- Sarcocystosis
- Sarcocystoses
- Sarcosporidiosis
- Sarcosporidioses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sarcocystosis" by people in Profiles.
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Shapiro K, Miller MA, Packham AE, Aguilar B, Conrad PA, Vanwormer E, Murray MJ. Dual congenital transmission of Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis neurona in a late-term aborted pup from a chronically infected southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis). Parasitology. 2016 Mar; 143(3):276-88.
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Miller MA, Crosbie PR, Sverlow K, Hanni K, Barr BC, Kock N, Murray MJ, Lowenstine LJ, Conrad PA. Isolation and characterization of Sarcocystis from brain tissue of a free-living southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) with fatal meningoencephalitis. Parasitol Res. 2001 Mar; 87(3):252-7.