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Term	toxocariasis	ID (Ontology)	DOID:9790 (Human Disease)
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.
Also Known As	"Infection by Toxascaris" ; "Toxocara infection" ; "visceral larva migrans"
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Term

toxocariasis

ID (Ontology)

DOID:9790 (Human Disease)

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.

Also Known As

"Infection by Toxascaris" ; "Toxocara infection" ; "visceral larva migrans"

Comment

Links to External Ontologies

DO.org

Annotations

Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

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sensory system disease
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lower respiratory tract disease                 |
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thoracic disease                                |
 |__heart disease_______________________________|
cardiovascular system disease                   |
 |__heart disease_______________________________|
parasitic infectious disease                    |
 |__parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease__|
musculoskeletal system disease                  |
 |__muscular disease____________________________|
hepatobiliary disease                           |
 |__liver disease_______________________________|
central nervous system disease                  |
 |__brain disease_______________________________|
                                                toxocariasis

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Is a	muscular disease heart disease liver disease eye disease lung disease parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease brain disease
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"Infection by Toxascaris" EXACT "Toxocara infection" EXACT "visceral larva migrans" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	GARD:7788 ICD10CM:B83.0 MESH:D007816 NCI:C34758 SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:87121004 UMLS_CUI:C0023049

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muscular disease
heart disease
liver disease
eye disease
lung disease
parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease
brain disease

Part of

Synonyms & Secondary IDs

Synonyms

"Infection by Toxascaris" EXACT
"Toxocara infection" EXACT
"visceral larva migrans" EXACT

Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts

GARD:7788
ICD10CM:B83.0
MESH:D007816
NCI:C34758
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:87121004
UMLS_CUI:C0023049