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Human genes for rhinosporidiosis

Rhinosporidiosis [DOID:2409]

A parasitic Ichthyosporea infectious disease that is a chronic granulomatous infection of the mucous membranes caused by the parasite Rhinosporidium seeberi, which manifests as vascular friable polyps that arise from the nasal mucosa or external structures of the eye. Disease of the skin, mouth, upper airways, ear, genitals, and rectum has also been observed.

Synonyms:  rhinosporidiosis,  DOID:2409,  rhinosporidiosises,  Infection by Rhinosporidium seeberi,  Infection by Rhinosporidium seeberis

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.