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Human Disease

toxocariasis

Term ID
DOID:9790
Synonyms
  • Infection by Toxascaris
  • Toxocara infection
  • visceral larva migrans
Definition
A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves zoonotic infection of humans by the larvae of Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati. The larvae invade multiple tissues like liver, heart, lungs, brain, muscle and eyes causing various symptoms including fever, anorexia, weight loss, cough, wheezing, rashes, hepatosplenomegaly, hypereosinophilia and ophthalmologic lesions. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Toxocariasis.htm
References
  • GARD:7788
  • ICD10CM:B83.0
  • MESH:D007816
  • NCI:C34758
  • SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:87121004
  • UMLS_CUI:C0023049
Ontology
Human Disease   ( DOID:9790 )
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