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Schistosomiasis

schistosomiasis

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Diseases
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Core Information

Disease Name
Schistosomiasis
Standard Disease Name
schistosomiasis
MeSH Tree
No data
ICD-10
B65|B65.9

Identifiers

DO ID
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MeSH ID
D012552
OMIM ID
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UMLS ID
C0036323
HPO ID
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Description and Extensions

Description
NCI2016_NICHD_1602D:Schistosoma parasite infection that is commonly seen in tropical and subtropical regions and may be transmitted through skin contact with contaminated freshwater.|NCI2016_02D:A parasitic infection caused by flukes of the genus Schistosoma. Signs and symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, eosinophilia and hepatosplenomegaly. If left untreated it may eventually cause liver damage leading to cirrhosis, bladder cancer and kidney failure.|MSH2017_2016_08_12:Infection with flukes (trematodes) of the genus SCHISTOSOMA. Three species produce the most frequent clinical diseases: SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM (endemic in Africa and the Middle East), SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI (in Egypt, northern and southern Africa, some West Indies islands, northern 2/3 of South America), and SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM (in Japan, China, the Philippines, Celebes, Thailand, Laos). S. mansoni is often seen in Puerto Ricans living in the United States.|CSP2006:parasitic disease of tropical and subtropical countries; characterized initially by fever, chills, and abdominal and lower back pain; untreated patients may develop jaundice, liver cirrhosis, bladder tumors, and kidney failure.
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