Intestinal infectious diseases

Description

amebiasis: A parasitic protozoa infectious disease that involves infection caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. Amebic invasion of the intestinal lining causes dysentery, colitis or diarrhea. The infection can also spread through the blood to the liver and, rarely, to the lungs, brain or other organs.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode AB1_INTESTINAL_INFECTIONS
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: A01/A07/A05/A09/A02/A08/A04/A06/A03/A00, ICD-9: 001/002/003/004/005/006/007/008/009, ICD-8: 00[0-9]
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: A01/A07/A05/A09/A02/A08/A04/A06/A03/A00, ICD-9: 001/002/003/004/005/006/007/008/009, ICD-8: 00[0-9]
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 2
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 9181
GWAS catalog 0007144
MESH D007239

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 16735 9162 7573
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 9.6 9.24 10.08
Mean age at first event (years) 38.54 39.95 36.84
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 5.86 5.58 6.21

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1 1 1
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 6.84 7.26 6.33

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