toxoplasmosis

Term ID

DOID:9965

Synonyms

• disseminated toxoplasmosis

Definition

A coccidiosis that has_material_basis_in protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite effects most genera of warm-blooded animals, including humans, but the primary host is the felid (cat) family. Animals are infected by eating infected meat, by ingestion of feces of a cat that has itself recently been infected, or transmission_by mother to fetus. The symptoms include bilateral, nontender cervical or axillary lymphadenopathy, fever, malaise, myalgia, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia and leukopenia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

References

• ICD10CM:B58
• ICD9CM:130
• MESH:D014123
• NCI:C3418
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:266225001
• UMLS_CUI:C0040558

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:9965 )