DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for paragonimiasis

Paragonimiasis [DOID:10699]

A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection by flukes of the genus Paragonimus. In the acute phase, the symptoms are diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, cough, urticaria, hepatosplenomegaly, pulmonary abnormalities, and eosinophilia. Pulmonary manifestations include cough, expectoration of discolored sputum, hemoptysis, and chest radiographic abnormalities. Various organs like brain, spleen and liver can be infected.

Synonyms:  paragonimiasis,  DOID:10699,  paragonimiasises,  Infection by Paragonimus,  lung fluke disease ...