Chagas disease

Summary
Synonym
  • Chagas' disease
  • chagas' disease with digestive system involvement
  • chagas' disease with nervous system involvement
  • chagas' disease with other organ involvement
Definition
A trypanosomiasis that is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking assassin bugs of the subfamily Triatominae (family Reduviidae), most commonly species belonging to the Triatoma, Rhodnius, and Panstrongylus genera. The symptoms include fever, fatigue, body aches, headache, rash, loss of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting, swelling of the eyelids and myocarditis.
Super Class
trypanosomiasis
External Links
Disease Ontology
DOID:12140
Mondo Disease Ontology
MeSH
UMLS
ORDO
GARD
Related Genes
Displaying entries 31 - 35 of 35 in total
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
10747 MASP2 MBL associated serine protease 2
22933 SIRT2 sirtuin 2
22934 RPIA ribose 5-phosphate isomerase A
23236 PLCB1 phospholipase C beta 1
78989 COLEC11 collectin subfamily member 11

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