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DOID:0050246 - granulomatous amebic encephalitis


Disease Ontology Definition:A parasitic protozoa infectious disease that results in infection of the brain caused by Acanthamoeba or Balamuthia mandrillaris. The symptoms include headaches, altered mental status, and focal neurologic deficit, which progresses over several weeks to death.

Synonyms: Acanthamoeba encephalitis, Acanthamoeba granulomatous encephalitis, Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis,

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Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): parasitic protozoa infectious disease (is_a)