| 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 liver disease is_a muscular disease is_a eye disease is_a heart disease is_a parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease is_a lung disease |
| Subclass Logical Relationships |
disease has location some heart has symptom some anorexia has material basis in some Toxocara has symptom some weight loss has symptom some rash has symptom some hepatosplenomegaly has symptom some cough has symptom some fever has symptom some wheezing disease has location some muscle tissue disease has location some eye disease has location some lung disease has location some liver disease has location some brain |