Chagas disease
Findings
No curated finding names Chagas disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is transmitted by insect bites. It is characterized by an acute and chronic phase; in the acute phase patients may have fever, malaise, and swelling at the site of the insect bite. In the chronic phase patients develop hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001444), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
27 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- ArrhythmiaHPOHP:0011675
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Autoimmune antibody positivityHPOHP:0030057
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CardiomyopathyHPOHP:0001638
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CoughHPOHP:0012735
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DiarrheaHPOHP:0002014
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- EdemaHPOHP:0000969
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- FeverHPOHP:0001945
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HeadacheHPOHP:0002315
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HepatomegalyHPOHP:0002240
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Localized skin lesionHPOHP:0011355
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- LymphadenopathyHPOHP:0002716
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- MyalgiaHPOHP:0003326
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- MyocarditisHPOHP:0012819
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- PallorHPOHP:0000980
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Periorbital edemaHPOHP:0100539
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Skin rashHPOHP:0000988
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: Chagas disease
- Also called
- Chagas' diseaseinfection by trypanosoma cruziTrypanosoma cruzi caused disease or disorderTrypanosoma cruzi disease or disorderTrypanosoma cruzi infectious disease