Oxyspirura mansoni


Ox·y·spi·ru·ra man·so·ni

(ok'sē-spī-rū'ră man-sō'nī), A widely distributed spiruroid nematode parasite found under the nictitating membrane in the eye of turkeys, chickens, peafowl, quail, and grouse; larvae develop to the infective stage in cockroaches. Synonym(s): Manson eye worm

Manson,

Sir Patrick, English authority on tropical medicine, 1844-1922. Schistosoma mansoni - a disease-causing parasite transmitted by snails.Mansonella - a genus of filaria, widely distributed in tropical Africa and South America.Mansonia - a genus of brown or black medium-sized mosquitoes.Manson disease - Synonym(s): Schistosoma mansoniManson eye worm - a widely distributed spiruroid nematode parasite of fowl. Synonym(s): Oxyspirura mansoniManson pyosis - obsolete term for a superficial pyogenic infection. Synonym(s): pemphigus contagiosusManson schistosomiasis - Synonym(s): schistosomiasis mansoniManson syndrome - pulmonary obliterative arteriolitis.Oxyspirura mansoni - Synonym(s): Manson eye wormschistosomiasis mansoni - infection with Schistosoma mansoni. Synonym(s): intestinal schistosomiasis; Manson disease; Manson schistosomiasis