Onchocerciasis

Preferred Label : Onchocerciasis;

NCIt related terms : River Blindness;

NCIt definition : A disease caused by infection with Onchocerca volvulus; symptoms may include pruritis and blindness.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: An infection that is caused by the nematode Onchocerca volvulus, which most commonly occurs in tropical climates, and which is transmitted by bites from a black fly. Symptoms include intense pruritus, inflammation, and swelling of skin; if the larvae migrate to the eye, blindness can occur.;

Details

Origin ID

C34861;

UMLS CUI

C0029001;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ocular onchocerciasis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Onchocercosis [PASCAL theme]
- River blindness [MedDRA LLT]
- onchocerciasis, ocular [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Infection caused by Onchocerca volvulus (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Onchocerciasis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-10 category]
- Onchocerciasis [DeCS]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-9 code]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-11 Category]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Onchocerciasis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Onchocerciasis [ORDO Disease]
- Onchocerciasis of the eye [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- infection by onchocerca volvulus [SNOMED Notion]
- onchocerciasis [DO Concept]
- onchocerciasis [Disease (Nov.)]
- onchocerciasis [MeSH Descriptor]
- onchocerciasis [MeSH concept]
DO Cross reference
- onchocerciasis [DO Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Infection caused by Onchocerca volvulus (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Onchocerca volvulus infection [MedDRA LLT]
- Onchocerciasis [ORDO Disease]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-9 code]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-10 category]
- Onchocerciasis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Onchocerciasis [DeCS]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-11 Category]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Onchocerciasis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Onchocerciasis of the eye [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- infection by onchocerca volvulus [SNOMED Notion]
- onchocerciasis [DO Concept]
- onchocerciasis [Disease (Nov.)]
- onchocerciasis [MeSH Descriptor]
- onchocerciasis [MeSH concept]
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- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]

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