Larva - ț̢
Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.
Synonyms : Larvae, Maggot, Tadpole
Larva Migrans - ț̢
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.
Larva Migrans, Visceral - ț̢
A condition produced in man by the prolonged migration of animal nematode larvae in extraintestinal tissues other than skin; characterized by persistent hypereosinophilia, hepatomegaly, and frequently pneumonitis, commonly caused by Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati.