loading...| Preferred Name | ascariasis | |
| Synonyms |
Ascaris lumbricoides infection Ascaris lumbricoides disease or disorder Ascariasis - roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides caused disease or disorder ascariasis - roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides infectious disease Ascariasis ascariasis |
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| Definitions |
An infection that is caused by the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, many cases of which remain asymptomatic. During the transient larval migratory phase, shortness of breath, fever, and eosinophilia can occur. Depending on the intestinal worm burden, a spectrum of gastrointestinal tract symptoms can occur. A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves infection of the intestine with the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides. Larvae migrating through the lungs cause cough, wheezing and hemoptysis. Bowel or biliary obstruction causes cramping abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Peritonitis, enlargement of the liver or spleen, toxicity and pneumonia are observed when larvae get into the portal circulation. |
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| ID |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0007154 |
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| database_cross_reference |
MESH:D001196 MONDO:0005654 MedDRA:10003442 ICD10CM:B77 CSP:1248-7284 MeSH:D001196 SCTID:2435008 NCIT:C128392 UMLS:C0003950 MEDGEN:2087 DOID:456 ICD10:B77 ICD9:127.0 |
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| definition |
An infection that is caused by the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, many cases of which remain asymptomatic. During the transient larval migratory phase, shortness of breath, fever, and eosinophilia can occur. Depending on the intestinal worm burden, a spectrum of gastrointestinal tract symptoms can occur. A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves infection of the intestine with the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides. Larvae migrating through the lungs cause cough, wheezing and hemoptysis. Bowel or biliary obstruction causes cramping abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Peritonitis, enlargement of the liver or spleen, toxicity and pneumonia are observed when larvae get into the portal circulation. |
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| exactMatch |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_456 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C128392 http://identifiers.org/medgen/2087 http://identifiers.org/snomedct/2435008 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/ICD10CM/B77 |
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| has_exact_synonym |
Ascaris lumbricoides disease or disorder Ascariasis - roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides caused disease or disorder ascariasis - roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides infectious disease Ascariasis ascariasis |
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| has_related_synonym |
Ascaris lumbricoides infection |
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| id |
EFO:0007154 |
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| in_subset | ||
| label |
ascariasis |
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| notation |
EFO:0007154 |
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| preferred label |
ascariasis |
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| prefLabel |
ascariasis |
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| term editor |
Sirarat Sarntivijai |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0043424 |