loading...| Preferred Name |
Toxocariasis |
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| Synonyms |
Toxocariasis |
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| Definitions |
A parasitic infection caused by Toxocara. Humans are infected by the larvae of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati from dogs and cats respectively. Most cases remain asymptomatic. The parasites may affect the eye, causing diminished vision, or other major organs, causing hepatomegaly, eosinophilia, wheezing, and coughing. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85194 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
An infection that is caused by the larvae of Toxocara canis (dogs) or Toxocara cati (cats), most cases of which remain asymptomatic. The larvae can infect the eye, causing diminished vision, or other major organs, causing hepatomegaly, eosinophilia, coughing, and wheezing. |
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| code |
C85194 |
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| Concept_In_Subset | ||
| Contributing_Source |
NICHD |
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| DEFINITION |
A parasitic infection caused by Toxocara. Humans are infected by the larvae of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati from dogs and cats respectively. Most cases remain asymptomatic. The parasites may affect the eye, causing diminished vision, or other major organs, causing hepatomegaly, eosinophilia, wheezing, and coughing. |
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| FULL_SYN |
Toxocariasis |
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| label |
Toxocariasis |
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| Preferred_Name |
Toxocariasis |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C85194 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0040553 |
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| subClassOf |