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| Preferred Name | Chagas Disease | |
| Synonyms |
American Trypanosomiasis Chagas Disease |
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| Definitions |
A parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is transmitted by insect bites. It is characterized by an acute and chronic phase; in the acute phase patients may have fever, malaise, and swelling at the site of the insect bite. In the chronic phase patients develop hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias. |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C84629 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
A protozoan infection that is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi; it is transmitted by triatomine insects, and is characterized by acute (fever and local swelling) and chronic (hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, cardiomyopathy) phases.
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| code |
C84629
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C156952 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C128453 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259 |
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CPTAC NICHD
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| DEFINITION |
A parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is transmitted by insect bites. It is characterized by an acute and chronic phase; in the acute phase patients may have fever, malaise, and swelling at the site of the insect bite. In the chronic phase patients develop hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias.
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| FULL_SYN |
American Trypanosomiasis Chagas Disease
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Chagas Disease
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| Preferred_Name |
Chagas Disease
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C84629
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| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0041234
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