DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for filariasis

Filariasis [DOID:1080]

A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection of the lymphatics and subcutaneous tissue by nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea.

Synonyms:  filariasis,  DOID:1080,  filariasises,  disease due to superfamily Filarioidea,  disease due to superfamily Filarioideas

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.