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onchocerciasis

human helminthiasis
Class type of: filariasis, parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease, neglected tropical disease Q1137321
onchocerciasis
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Summary

onchocerciasis is a class of disease[1]. onchocerciasis is a type of filariasis[2], parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease[3], neglected tropical disease[4], and infectious disease[5].

Key Facts

  • Symptoms and signs: lymphadenitis[6], blindness[7], rash[8], nodule[9], depigmentation[10], lichenification[11]
  • Has cause: Onchocerca volvulus[12]
  • Disease transmission process: insect borne transmission[13]
  • Prevalence: 0.001[14]
  • ICD-9-CM: 125.3[15]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C34861[16]
  • Health specialty: infectious diseases[17], tropical medicine[18]
  • Drug or therapy used for treatment: ivermectin[19]
  • Age of onset: any age[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[21]
  • P14541: 29xMX5[22]
  • P14914: D02737[23]

Related Entities

disease infectious disease infectious diseases

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 65
    Prevalence → {'amount': '+0.001'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Age of onset → any age
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/61469|batch #61469]]: Raras.org data import"
  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 29xMX5
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  3. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → filariasis, parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease, neglected tropical disease +1
    Instance of → class of disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39742|batch #39742]]: subclass of disease, not instance"
  4. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → filariasis, parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease, neglected tropical disease +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  5. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Disease transmission process → insect borne transmission
    Health specialty → infectious diseases, tropical medicine
    Symptoms and signs → lymphadenitis, blindness, rash +3
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007545911805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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