| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| ID | DOID:9790 |
| Name | toxocariasis |
| 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. http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Toxocariasis.htm |
| Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:87121004 |
| Alternateids |
DOID:9791 |
| Subsets |
DO_infectious_disease_slim DO_rare_slim NCIthesaurus |
| Synonyms |
Infection by Toxascaris [EXACT] Toxocara infection [EXACT] visceral larva migrans [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a brain disease is_a parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease is_a lung disease is_a eye disease is_a liver disease is_a heart disease is_a muscular disease |