loading...| Preferred Name |
angiostrongyliasis |
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A foodborne zoonotic disease, endemic to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, caused by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis and that is acquired by the ingestion of the infective larvae on vegetables or in raw or undercooked snails, slugs, land crabs, freshwater shrimps, frogs and lizards. The main feature is eosinophilic meningitis, with clinical manifestations including fever, headache, malaise, fatigue, vomiting, rhinorrhea, blurred vision, diplopia, cough, stiff neck, enteritis, constipation and paraesthesia due to the movement of the worms from the intestines to the lungs, central nervous system and eyes. In severe cases without treatment, coma and death can occur. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0019143 |
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| database_cross_reference |
ICD9:128.8 GARD:683 MedDRA:10069517 UMLS:C0392662 MESH:C536369 Orphanet:74 SCTID:61750000 DOID:0050256 NCIT:C128394 |
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| definition |
A foodborne zoonotic disease, endemic to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, caused by the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis and that is acquired by the ingestion of the infective larvae on vegetables or in raw or undercooked snails, slugs, land crabs, freshwater shrimps, frogs and lizards. The main feature is eosinophilic meningitis, with clinical manifestations including fever, headache, malaise, fatigue, vomiting, rhinorrhea, blurred vision, diplopia, cough, stiff neck, enteritis, constipation and paraesthesia due to the movement of the worms from the intestines to the lungs, central nervous system and eyes. In severe cases without treatment, coma and death can occur. |
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http://identifiers.org/snomedct/61750000 http://identifiers.org/mesh/C536369 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C128394 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050256 |
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MONDO:0019143 |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo#ordo_disease http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo#rare http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo#nord_rare |
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angiostrongyliasis |
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| notation |
MONDO:0019143 |
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| prefLabel |
angiostrongyliasis |
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| seeAlso |
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/683/angiostrongyliasis |
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