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KISSING DISEASE [2 records]

Record 1 2018-12-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viral Diseases
  • Lymphatic System
Universal entry(ies)
B27
classification system code, see observation
DEF

[An acute] infectious disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, characterized by fever, membranous pharyngitis, lymph node and splenic enlargement, lymphocyte proliferation, and atypical lymphocytes ...

OBS

B27: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies virales
  • Système lymphatique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
B27
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Maladie virale aiguë [...] due au virus d'Epstein-Barr et caractérisée par un syndrome infectieux avec fièvre, angine, polyadénopathie et splénomégalie, traduisant une atteinte générale du tissu lymphatique.

OBS

B27 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades víricas
  • Sistema linfático
Entrada(s) universal(es)
B27
classification system code, see observation
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Record 2 2017-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Animal Diseases
Universal entry(ies)
B57
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.... T. cruzi is found mostly in blood-sucking triatomine insects(kissing bugs) and small mammals in a sylvatic cycle that is enzootic from the southern and southwestern United States to central Argentina and Chile.

OBS

B57: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parasitoses
  • Maladies des animaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
B57
classification system code, see observation
CONT

La maladie de Chagas, ou trypanosomiase américaine, est une zoonose endémique en Amérique Latine. [...] La maladie de Chagas est une parasitose causée par le protozoaire flagellé Trypanosoma cruzi [...]

OBS

B57 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

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