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filarial elephantiasis

human disease caused by parasitic worms
Class type of: filariasis, skin disease, neglected tropical disease Q192100
filarial elephantiasis
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
class of disease
Subclass of
filariasis, skin disease, neglected tropical disease[2][3][4]
Age of onset
any age[21]
Anatomical location
zone of skin[9]
Described by source
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Drug or therapy used for treatment
albendazol[20]
Has phenotype
lymphedema, lymphadenopathy, Predominantly lower limb lymphedema, lymphatic system disease, hyperpigmentation, hyperkeratosis, lymphadenitis, fatigue, pain, Hypereosinophilia, hydrocele, lung disease, cough, wheeze, opportunistic infection, Lymphangiectasia, Opportunistic bacterial infection, hydrocele testis, orchitis, epididymitis, proteinuria, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, hematuria, urethral obstruction, knee osteoarthritis[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
Health specialty
infectious diseases[19]
ICD-9-CM
374.83[17]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C128360[18]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Medicine[22]
P14914
D02035
Prevalence
+0.001[10]
Symptoms and signs
elephantiasis, epididymitis, lymphadenitis, abscess[5][6][7][8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bancroftian filarial chyluria en Lymphatic filariasis (disorder) en Elephantiasis, Filarial en elephantiasis en Bancroftian elephantiasis (disorder) en Bancroftian elephantiasis en elephantiasis of eyelid en Elephantiasis, lymphatic filariasis en Elephantiasis of eyelid (disorder) en Elephantiasis tropica en Lymphatic filariasis en eyelid elephantiasis en filarial elephantiasis en lymphatic filariasis ar مرض الفيل ar داء الفيل ar فيلاريا ليمفاوية ar فلاريا ar الفيلاريا ar داء الفيلاريات
🔖 Identifiers · 30
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85042529
OpenAlex ID
C2776158911
BNCF Thesaurus ID
42586
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11992508b
Disease Ontology ID
DOID:12211
DiseasesDB
4824
EMedicine ID
1109642
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org, identifiers.org, www.orpha.net
Experimental Factor Ontology ID
0007272
Freebase ID
/m/01d_07
GARD rare disease ID
3321
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
elefantiasi
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0100712
ICD-10-CM
B74.0, B74.1, B74.2
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
247221550
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
1F66.3
ICD-9 ID
125.9, 457.1
KEGG ID
H01086
Lex ID
elefantiasis
MeSH descriptor ID
D004605
MeSH tree code
C15.604.496.490, C01.610.335.508.700.750.361.350, C01.920.852.250
Mondo ID
MONDO_0016076
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007540851205171
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
161203
Orphanet ID
2035
Quora topic ID
Elephantiasis
Topic's main category
Category:Lymphatic filariasis
UMLS CUI
C0013884
WikiProjectMed ID
Lymphatic filariasis
Yale LUX ID
concept/9ea45d82-e733-4458-a8d4-5508132b89ff

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 4
disease, filariasis, skin disease, neglected tropical disease
Symptoms and signs 4
abscess, epididymitis, elephantiasis, lymphadenitis
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Drug or therapy used for treatment 1
albendazol
Health specialty 1
infectious diseases
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Medicine
Topic's main category 1
Category:Lymphatic filariasis
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Lymphatic filariasis
← Has cause 1
elephantiasis
← Medical condition 1
Anna Báthy
← Medical condition treated 1
albendazol
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Summary

filarial elephantiasis is a class of disease[1].

Related Entities

disease infectious diseases

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Neglected patients with a neglected disease? A qualitative study of lymphatic filariasis. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] ↑ . Drug Indications Extracted from FAERS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Prevalence → {'amount': '+0.001'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['am', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr',
    Age of onset → any age
    Has phenotype → lymphedema, lymphadenopathy, Predominantly lower limb lymphedema +23
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  2. 18w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → filariasis, skin disease, neglected tropical disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  3. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Health specialty → infectious diseases
    Instance of → class of disease
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject Medicine
    Drug or therapy used for treatment → albendazol
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007540851205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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