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Disease-gene associations mined from literature

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Human genes for toxascariasis

Toxascariasis [DOID:3107]

A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves parasitic infection of dogs, cats and foxes with Toxascaris leonina causing damage to the lining of the intestine. The symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting and loss of appetite.

Synonyms:  toxascariasis,  DOID:3107,  toxascariasises

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.