An upper respiratory tract disease involving inflammation of the throat or pharynx resulting from bacterial, viral, fungal infections or irritants like pollutants or chemical substances and smoking. The infection is often referred to as sore throat. The symptoms include pain during swallowing, enlarged tonsils coated with a white discharge, runny nose, cough and slight fever. (Human Disease Ontology, DOID_2275)
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8 genes co-occuring with the biological term pharyngitis in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.
