| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| ID | DOID:9640 |
| Name | sarcocystosis |
| Definition | A coccidiosis that involves infection of the intestine and muscles of humans and animals caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite of genus Sarcocystis. The symptoms include mild fever, diarrhea, chills, vomiting, muscle swelling, erythema, muscle tenderness,cough, arthralgia, transient pruritic rashes, headache, malaise and lymphadenopathy. http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/sarcocystosis.pdf, http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/HTML/Sarcocystosis.htm |
| Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:88905005 |
| Subsets |
DO_infectious_disease_slim DO_rare_slim |
| Synonyms |
Sarcosporidiosis [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a coccidiosis |