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DOID:9790 - toxocariasis

Disease Ontology 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.

Synonyms: Toxocara infection, Infection by Toxascaris (disorder), Infection by Toxascaris, visceral larva migrans

Xenbase Genes :

Mondo Disease Ontology (on Monarch Initiative):
MONDO:0005988 - atrium myocardial trabecula


Other Model Organisms: Alliance, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view
Parent(s): brain disease (is_a), eye disease (is_a), heart disease (is_a), liver disease (is_a), lung disease (is_a), muscular disease (is_a), parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease (is_a)