Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values |
Cyclospora cayetanensis | Is a | Intestinal coccidia | false | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
Cyclospora cayetanensis | Is a | Cyclospora | true | Inferred relationship | Some |
Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group |
Cyclospora cayetanesis detection | Has measured component (attribute) | False | Cyclospora cayetanensis | Inferred relationship | Some | |
Gay bowel syndrome | Causative agent (attribute) | False | Cyclospora cayetanensis | Inferred relationship | Some | |
Cyclospora cayetanensis oocyst | Is a | True | Cyclospora cayetanensis | Inferred relationship | Some | |
A parasitic disease caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, a recently discovered coccidia that was initially described in Peru and then in most intertropical zones. Infection occurs through ingestion of contaminated food or water and leads to abdominal pain, anorexia and diarrhoea, which may resolve spontaneously in immunocompetent individuals but may persist in a chronic form in immunocompromised subjects, leading to a decline in their general state of health. | Causative agent (attribute) | True | Cyclospora cayetanensis | Inferred relationship | Some | 1 |
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