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ID DOID:1252
Name trichuriasis
Definition A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection located_in intestine in humans, has_material_basis_in Trichuris trichiura, which is transmitted_by ingestion of food contaminated with egg-carrying soil. The infection has_symptom abdominal pain, has_symptom diarrhea, has_symptom rectal prolapse and has_symptom growth retardation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichuriasis, http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Trichuriasis.htm
Xrefs

GARD:10720

MESH:D014257

NCI:C128399

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:60570001

UMLS_CUI:C0040954

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

DO_rare_slim

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Synonyms

Infection by Trichuris trichura [EXACT]

Trichuriasis infection [EXACT]

trichuris trichiura infection [EXACT]

Whipworm disease [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a intestinal disease

is_a parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease

Subclass Logical Relationships

disease has location some intestine

has symptom some abdominal pain

disease has feature some rectal prolapse

has material basis in some Trichuris trichiura

has symptom some diarrhea

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