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Human Disease
shigellosis
- Term ID
- DOID:12385
- Synonyms
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- bacillary dysentery
- Shigella boydii infectious disease
- Shigella flexneri infectious disease
- Definition
- A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection located_in epithelium of colon, has_material_basis_in Shigella boydii, has_material_basis_in Shigella dysenteriae, has_material_basis_in Shigella flexneri, or has_material_basis_in Shigella sonnei, which produce toxins that can attack the lining of the large intestine, causing swelling, ulcers on the intestinal wall, and bloody diarrhea. The bacteria are transmitted_by ingestion of food and water contaminated with feces. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14/ch173/ch173q.html?qt=shigellosis&alt=sh
- References
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- GARD:4818
- ICD10CM:A03
- ICD10CM:A03.0
- Ontology
- Human Disease ( DOID:12385 )
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