Chagas Disease

Preferred Label : Chagas Disease;

NCIt related terms : American Trypanosomiasis;

NCIt definition : A parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is transmitted by insect bites. It is characterized by an acute and chronic phase; in the acute phase patients may have fever, malaise, and swelling at the site of the insect bite. In the chronic phase patients develop hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: A protozoan infection that is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi; it is transmitted by triatomine insects, and is characterized by acute (fever and local swelling) and chronic (hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, cardiomyopathy) phases.;

Details

Origin ID

C84629;

UMLS CUI

C0041234;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- American trypanosomiasis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- American trypanosomiasis [ORDO Disease]
- Chagas Disease [DeCS]
- Chagas disease [PASCAL descriptor]
- Chagas disease [DO Concept]
- Chagas disease [Disease (Nov.)]
- Chagas disease [ICD-11 Category]
- Chagas disease [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- Chagas disease [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Chagas' disease [ICD-10 category]
- Chagas' disease [MedDRA LLT]
- Infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- chagas disease [MedlinePlus Topic]
- chagas disease [MeSH Descriptor]
- chagas disease [MeSH concept]
- infection by trypanosoma cruzi [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- American trypanosomiasis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- American trypanosomiasis [ORDO Disease]
- Chagas Disease [DeCS]
- Chagas disease [PASCAL descriptor]
- Chagas disease [Disease (Nov.)]
- Chagas disease [ICD-11 Category]
- Chagas disease [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Chagas' disease [MedDRA LLT]
- Chagas' disease [ICD-10 category]
- Infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Trypanosoma cruzi infection [MedDRA LLT]
- chagas disease [MedlinePlus Topic]
- chagas disease [MeSH Descriptor]
- chagas disease [MeSH concept]
- infection by trypanosoma cruzi [SNOMED Notion]
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- CPTAC Codelists Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Medical Conditions Codelist [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]

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