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ID | DOID:882 |
Name | heterophyiasis |
Definition | A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves intestinal infection by the parasite of the genus Heterophyes. The symptoms are diarrhea and colicky abdominal pain. Migration of the eggs to the heart, results in fatal myocardial and valvular damage. Brain can also be infected. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Heterophyiasis.htm |
Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:22905009 |
Subsets |
DO_infectious_disease_slim NCIthesaurus |
Synonyms |
heterophyes infectious disease [EXACT] |
Parent Relationships |
is_a brain disease is_a heart disease |
Subclass Logical Relationships |
disease has location some heart has symptom some abdominal pain has symptom some diarrhea disease has location some brain |