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