About   Help   FAQ
Disease Ontology Browser
shigellosis (DOID:12385)
Alliance: disease page
Synonyms: bacillary dysentery; Shigella boydii infectious disease; Shigella flexneri infectious disease; Shigella gastroenteritis; Shigella sonnei infectious disease
Alt IDs: DOID:11378, DOID:12950, DOID:2041, DOID:924, DOID:925, ICD10CM:A03, ICD10CM:A03.0, ICD10CM:A03.1, ICD10CM:A03.2, ICD9CM:004, ICD9CM:004.0, ICD9CM:004.1, ICD9CM:004.2, ICD9CM:004.3, ICD9CM:004.9, KEGG:05131, MESH:D004405, NCI:C157978, UMLS_CUI:C0013371, UMLS_CUI:C0302358, UMLS_CUI:C0302359, UMLS_CUI:C0302360
Definition: A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection located_in epithelium of colon, has_material_basis_in Shigella boydii, has_material_basis_in Shigella dysenteriae, has_material_basis_in Shigella flexneri, or has_material_basis_in Shigella sonnei, which produce toxins that can attack the lining of the large intestine, causing swelling, ulcers on the intestinal wall, and bloody diarrhea. The bacteria are transmitted_by ingestion of food and water contaminated with feces.


Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
Citing These Resources
Funding Information
Warranty Disclaimer, Privacy Notice, Licensing, & Copyright
Send questions and comments to User Support.
last database update
11/05/2024
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory