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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:Blastocystis Infections
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Accession:DOID:9008966 term browser browse the term
Definition:Infections with organisms of the genus BLASTOCYSTIS. The species B. hominis is responsible for most infections. Parasitologic surveys have generally found small numbers of this species in human stools, but higher positivity rates and organism numbers in AIDS patients and other immunosuppressed patients (IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST). Symptoms include ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIARRHEA; CONSTIPATION; VOMITING; and FATIGUE.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: Blastocystis Infection;   blastocystosis
 primary_id: MESH:D016776;   RDO:0006996
 xref: EFO:0007173


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  disease 15416
    disease by infectious agent 2092
      parasitic infectious disease 277
        Parasitic Intestinal Diseases 12
          Blastocystis Infections 0
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  disease 15416
    disease of anatomical entity 15079
      gastrointestinal system disease 6460
        intestinal disease 2884
          Parasitic Intestinal Diseases 12
            Blastocystis Infections 0
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