onchocerciasis, ocular

Preferred Label : onchocerciasis, ocular;

MeSH definition : Filarial infection of the eyes transmitted from person to person by bites of Onchocerca volvulus-infected black flies. The microfilariae of Onchocerca are thus deposited beneath the skin. They migrate through various tissues including the eye. Those persons infected have impaired vision and up to 20% are blind. The incidence of eye lesions has been reported to be as high as 30% in Central America and parts of Africa.;

MeSH synonym : onchocerciases, ocular; blindness, river; ocular onchocerciases; ocular onchocerciasis; river blindness;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onchocerciasis, ocular;

Details

Origin ID

D015827;

UMLS CUI

C0029002;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- transmission [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-10 category]
- Onchocerciasis [NCIt concept]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Onchocerciasis [ORDO Disease]
- Onchocerciasis of the eye [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- River blindness [MedDRA LLT]
- infection by onchocerca volvulus [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Ocular Onchocerciasis [NCIt concept]
- Ocular onchocerciasis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ocular onchocerciasis [Disease (Nov.)]
ORDO relation(s)
- Onchocerciasis [ORDO Disease]
Record concept(s)
- onchocerciasis, ocular [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ocular Onchocerciasis [NCIt concept]
- Ocular onchocerciasis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- River blindness [MedDRA LLT]
- ocular onchocerciasis [Disease (Nov.)]

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