KEGG   DISEASE: Syngamosis
Entry
H02406                      Disease                                
Name
Syngamosis
Description
Syngamosis is a quite rare infectious disease caused by nematodes of the genus Mammomonogamus. Mammomonogamus laryngeus is the most common agent of human syngamosis. It was first demonstrated in 1899. Transmission is by ingestion of infective larvae.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
 01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  Parasitic diseases
   Helminthiases
    Diseases due to nematodes
     1F6C  Syngamosis
      H02406  Syngamosis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
 Parasitic infections (animals)
  Infections caused by nematodes
   H02406  Syngamosis
Pathogen
Mammomonogamus laryngeus
Other DBs
ICD-11: 1F6C
Reference
PMID:7790476
  Authors
Nosanchuk JS, Wade SE, Landolf M
  Title
Case report of and description of parasite in Mammomonogamus laryngeus (human syngamosis) infection.
  Journal
J Clin Microbiol 33:998-1000 (1995)
DOI:10.1128/JCM.33.4.998-1000.1995
Reference
PMID:8417893
  Authors
de Lara Tde A, Barbosa MA, de Oliveira MR, de Godoy I, Queluz TT
  Title
Human syngamosis. Two cases of chronic cough caused by Mammomonogamus laryngeus.
  Journal
Chest 103:264-5 (1993)
DOI:10.1378/chest.103.1.264
Reference
  Authors
Pulcherio JO, Machado da Silva EO, Rezende DP, Barbeira PB, Machado RS, Baptista de Oliveira MA
  Title
Human syngamosis as an uncommon cause of chronic cough.
  Journal
Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 17:413-4 (2013)
DOI:10.1055/s-0033-1351680
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