Preferred Name |
filarial elephantiasis |
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Synonyms |
Lymphatic filariasis |
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Definitions |
A filariasis that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs, male genitals and female breasts, caused by thread-like parasitic worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi or Brugia timori, which inhabit the lymphatics. These nematodes are transmitted by mosquitoes. Acute symptoms include fever, lymphadenitis, lymphangitis, funiculitis, and epididymitis. Chronic symptoms include abscesses, hyperkeratosis, polyarthritis, hydroceles, lymphedema, and elephantiasis. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12211 |
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database_cross_reference |
UMLS_CUI:C0013884 NCI:C128360 MESH:D004605 SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:240820001 |
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definition |
A filariasis that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs, male genitals and female breasts, caused by thread-like parasitic worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi or Brugia timori, which inhabit the lymphatics. These nematodes are transmitted by mosquitoes. Acute symptoms include fever, lymphadenitis, lymphangitis, funiculitis, and epididymitis. Chronic symptoms include abscesses, hyperkeratosis, polyarthritis, hydroceles, lymphedema, and elephantiasis. |
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disease has location | ||
has exact synonym |
Lymphatic filariasis elephantiasis of eyelid Bancroftian elephantiasis Bancroftian filarial chyluria |
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has symptom |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000613 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000263 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000672 |
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has_alternative_id |
DOID:13433 |
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has_obo_namespace |
disease_ontology |
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id |
DOID:12211 |
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in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/doid#NCIthesaurus http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/doid#DO_infectious_disease_slim |
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label |
filarial elephantiasis |
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notation |
DOID:12211 |
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prefLabel |
filarial elephantiasis |
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subClassOf |