meningitis

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DOID:9471 - meningitis

Disease Ontology Definition:A central nervous system disease that is characterized by an inflammation of the pia-arachnoid meninges. It can be caused by growth of bacteria, fungi, or parasites within the subarachnoid space or by the growth of bacteria or viruses within the meningeal or ependymal cells.

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Genes associated with this Disease Ontology entry or its descendents or its corresponding OMIM entries

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

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee

Parent(s): central nervous system disease (is_a)