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RGD DISEASE ONTOLOGY - ANNOTATIONS

RGD uses the Human Disease Ontology (DO, https://disease-ontology.org/) for disease curation across species. RGD automatically downloads each new release of the ontology on a monthly basis. Some additional terms which are required for RGD's curation purposes but are not currently covered in the official version of DO have been added. As corresponding terms are added to DO, these custom terms are retired and the DO terms substituted in existing annotations and subsequently used for curation.

Term:filarial elephantiasis
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Accession:DOID:12211 term browser browse the term
Definition:A filariasis that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs, male genitals and female breasts, caused by thread-like parasitic worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi or Brugia timori, which inhabit the lymphatics. These nematodes are transmitted by mosquitoes. Acute symptoms include fever, lymphadenitis, lymphangitis, funiculitis, and epididymitis. Chronic symptoms include abscesses, hyperkeratosis, polyarthritis, hydroceles, lymphedema, and elephantiasis. (DO)
Synonyms:exact_synonym: Bancroftian Elephantiasis;   Bancroftian filarial chyluria;   Filarial Elephantiases;   Lymphatic Filariases;   bancroftian elephantiases;   elephantiasis of eyelid;   lymphatic filariasis
 primary_id: MESH:D004605
 xref: EFO:0007272;   NCI:C128360
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  disease 15761
    sensory system disease 6930
      skin disease 3996
        eyelid disease 110
          filarial elephantiasis 0
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  disease 15761
    disease by infectious agent 2141
      parasitic infectious disease 298
        parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease 72
          Nematode Infections 35
            Secernentea Infections 20
              Spirurida Infections 6
                filariasis 6
                  filarial elephantiasis 0
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