Acanthocephaliasis

Summary

Acanthocephaliasis (MONDO:0000295) is a disease. A subtype of helminthiasis — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	acanthocephaliasis
Mondo ID	MONDO:0000295
DOID	DOID:0050254
ICD-11	1026340475
SNOMED CT	105713003
UMLS	C0277331
MedGen	548052
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: Acanthocephala caused disease or disorder · Acanthocephala disease or disorder · Acanthocephala infectious disease · disease caused by Acanthocephala · disease due to Acanthocephala · infection by Acanthocephala · infection by thorny-headed worm

Disease family

This is a subtype of helminthiasis. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism › infectious disease › parasitic infectious disease › helminthiasis › acanthocephaliasis

Related subtypes (21): heterophyiasis, metagonimiasis, fascioliasis, fasciolopsiasis, monieziasis, clonorchiasis, dicrocoeliasis, echinostomiasis, fascioloidiasis, gnathomiasis, hymenolepiasis, necatoriasis, Nematoda infectious disease, opisthorchiasis, paragonimiasis, trichostrongyloidiasis, schistosomiasis, filariasis, angiostrongyliasis, intestinal helminthiasis, Cestode infectious disease

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.