An opportunistic mycosis that involves fungal infection of the mouth, throat, skin, scalp, vagina, fingers, nails, bronchi, lungs, heart and brain by Candida species, of which Candida albicans is the most common. Systemic Candida infections are usually confined to severely immunocompromised persons. (Human Disease Ontology, DOID_1508)
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6 genes associated with the disease candidiasis in GWAS and other genetic association datasets from the GAD Gene-Disease Associations dataset.