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Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for mansonelliasis

Mansonelliasis [DOID:1081]

A filariasis that involves parasitic infection by the nematodes Mansonella ozzardi or Mansonella perstans, which reside in the skin or body cavities. The nematode is transmitted through the bite of midges and blackflies.

Synonyms:  mansonelliasis,  DOID:1081,  mansonelliasises

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.