onchocerciasis
human helminthiasis
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Summary
onchocerciasis is an infectious disease[1]. onchocerciasis draws 2,101 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #84 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: filariasis[4], parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease[5], neglected tropical disease[6], disease[7]
- Commons category: Onchocerciasis[8]
- Symptoms and signs: lymphadenitis[9], blindness[10], rash[11], nodule[12], depigmentation[13], lichenification[14]
- Has cause: Onchocerca volvulus[15]
- Disease transmission process: insect borne transmission[16]
- ICD-9-CM: 125.3[17]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34861[18]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[19], tropical medicine[20]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: ivermectin[21]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11678[22], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11678[23]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[24]
Why It Matters
onchocerciasis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] onchocerciasis is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]