Metadata

Name Parasitic infections (parasitic)
Category Infections
Sex
Adult Yes
UUID d12b0cba-330d-4e29-ae6e-4a330be88568
Definition Infections or infestations with parasites. They are often contracted through contact with an intermediate vector, but may occur as the result of direct exposure.

Ontologies

Disease Ontology (DOID) DOID_1398
GWAS Catalogue EFO_0001067
MeSH D010272
SNOMED-CT 17322007
FinnGen AB1_INFECTIONS

Key Summary Statistics

Cases from any source

Total 1685
Female (%) 706 (42%)
Male (%) 979 (58%)

Year first recorded

parasitic year of first event

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources

Cross-source concordance

Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Cross-sourced parasitic cases

Incidence & prevalence

Sex and age-stratified incidence and prevalence of parasitic

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex

Female 14.03 (11.51,16.55)
Male 24.22 (20.61,27.82)

Incidence stratified by sex

Female 0.56 (0.37,0.76)
Male 0.91 (0.64,1.18)

Incidence stratified by age

Ages 40-44 0.81 (0.25,1.36)
Ages 45-49 0.59 (0.18,1.01)
Ages 50-54 1.01 (0.52,1.51)
Ages 55-59 0.36 (0.09,0.63)
Ages 60-64 0.81 (0.46,1.15)
Ages 65-69 0.75 (0.37,1.14)

Period prevalence

Methods

Comparison with general population

Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

CALIBER and UKB parasitic prevalence comparison for multiple age groups

Population Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
UK Biobank 10 (7,14) 10 (8,13) 10 (8,13)
CALIBER 12 (11,13) 12 (11,13) 11 (10,12)

Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status

Deprivation status Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
Least deprived 7(2,15) 8(4,14) 5(2,9)
Low 5(1,14) 5(2,11) 12(7,18)
Medium 8(3,17) 9(5,16) 8(4,13)
High 11(5,21) 11(6,19) 15(10,22)
Most deprived 17(10,27) 16(10,25) 14(9,22)

Stratified by age and country

Country Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
England 11(8,16) 10(8,13) 11(8,13)
Scotland 7(1,20) 9(4,19) 10(5,18)
Wales 3(0,17) 10(3,23) 10(4,21)

Definition

UK Biobank field id Description Code Value
20002 Non-cancer illness code, self-reported 1443 schistosomiasis/bilharzia
20002 Non-cancer illness code, self-reported 1675 giardia / giardiasis
20002 Non-cancer illness code, self-reported 1441 malaria
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 A06 Amoebiasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 A07 Other protozoal intestinal diseases
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 A59 Trichomoniasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B50 Plasmodium falciparum malaria
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B51 Plasmodium vivax malaria
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B52 Plasmodium malariae malaria
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B53 Other parasitologically confirmed malaria
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B54 Unspecified malaria
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B55 Leishmaniasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B56 African trypanosomiasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B57 Chagas’ disease
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B58 Toxoplasmosis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B60 Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B64 Unspecified protozoal disease
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B65 Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B66 Other fluke infections
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B67 Echinococcosis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B68 Taeniasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B69 Cysticercosis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B70 Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B71 Other cestode infections
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B72 Dracunculiasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B73 Onchocerciasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B74 Filariasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B75 Trichinellosis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B76 Hookworm diseases
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B77 Ascariasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B78 Strongyloidiasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B79 Trichuriasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B80 Enterobiasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B81 Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B82 Unspecified intestinal parasitism
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B83 Other helminthiases
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B85 Pediculosis and phthiriasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B86 Scabies
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B87 Myiasis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B88 Other infestations
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 B89 Unspecified parasitic disease
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 J17.3 Pneumonia in parasitic diseases
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 K23.1 Megaoesophagus in Chagas’ disease
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 P37.1 Congenital toxoplasmosis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 A06 Amoebiasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 A07 Other protozoal intestinal diseases
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 A59 Trichomoniasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B50 Plasmodium falciparum malaria
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B51 Plasmodium vivax malaria
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B52 Plasmodium malariae malaria
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B53 Other parasitologically confirmed malaria
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B54 Unspecified malaria
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B55 Leishmaniasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B56 African trypanosomiasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B57 Chagas’ disease
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B58 Toxoplasmosis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B60 Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B64 Unspecified protozoal disease
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B65 Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B66 Other fluke infections
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B67 Echinococcosis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B68 Taeniasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B69 Cysticercosis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B70 Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B71 Other cestode infections
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B72 Dracunculiasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B73 Onchocerciasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B74 Filariasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B75 Trichinellosis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B76 Hookworm diseases
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B77 Ascariasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B78 Strongyloidiasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B79 Trichuriasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B80 Enterobiasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B81 Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B82 Unspecified intestinal parasitism
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B83 Other helminthiases
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B85 Pediculosis and phthiriasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B86 Scabies
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B87 Myiasis
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B88 Other infestations
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 B89 Unspecified parasitic disease
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 J17.3 Pneumonia in parasitic diseases
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 K23.1 Megaoesophagus in Chagas’ disease
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 P37.1 Congenital toxoplasmosis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 A06 Amoebiasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 A07 Other protozoal intestinal diseases
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 A59 Trichomoniasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B50 Plasmodium falciparum malaria
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B51 Plasmodium vivax malaria
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B52 Plasmodium malariae malaria
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B53 Other parasitologically confirmed malaria
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B54 Unspecified malaria
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B55 Leishmaniasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B56 African trypanosomiasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B57 Chagas’ disease
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B58 Toxoplasmosis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B60 Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B64 Unspecified protozoal disease
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B65 Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B66 Other fluke infections
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B67 Echinococcosis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B68 Taeniasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B69 Cysticercosis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B70 Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B71 Other cestode infections
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B72 Dracunculiasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B73 Onchocerciasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B74 Filariasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B75 Trichinellosis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B76 Hookworm diseases
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B77 Ascariasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B78 Strongyloidiasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B79 Trichuriasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B80 Enterobiasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B81 Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B82 Unspecified intestinal parasitism
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B83 Other helminthiases
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B85 Pediculosis and phthiriasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B86 Scabies
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B87 Myiasis
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B88 Other infestations
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 B89 Unspecified parasitic disease
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 J17.3 Pneumonia in parasitic diseases
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 K23.1 Megaoesophagus in Chagas’ disease
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 P37.1 Congenital toxoplasmosis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 A06 Amoebiasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 A07 Other protozoal intestinal diseases
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 A59 Trichomoniasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B50 Plasmodium falciparum malaria
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B51 Plasmodium vivax malaria
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B52 Plasmodium malariae malaria
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B53 Other parasitologically confirmed malaria
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B54 Unspecified malaria
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B55 Leishmaniasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B56 African trypanosomiasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B57 Chagas’ disease
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B58 Toxoplasmosis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B60 Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B64 Unspecified protozoal disease
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B65 Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B66 Other fluke infections
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B67 Echinococcosis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B68 Taeniasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B69 Cysticercosis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B70 Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B71 Other cestode infections
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B72 Dracunculiasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B73 Onchocerciasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B74 Filariasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B75 Trichinellosis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B76 Hookworm diseases
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B77 Ascariasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B78 Strongyloidiasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B79 Trichuriasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B80 Enterobiasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B81 Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B82 Unspecified intestinal parasitism
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B83 Other helminthiases
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B85 Pediculosis and phthiriasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B86 Scabies
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B87 Myiasis
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B88 Other infestations
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 B89 Unspecified parasitic disease
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 J17.3 Pneumonia in parasitic diseases
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 K23.1 Megaoesophagus in Chagas’ disease
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 P37.1 Congenital toxoplasmosis