-
common type is
lymphatic filariasis caused by
three species of
Filaria that are
spread by mosquitoes.
Other types of
filariasis are
onchocerciasis also...
-
Lymphatic filariasis is a
human disease caused by
parasitic worms known as
filarial worms.
Usually acquired in childhood, it is a
leading cause of permanent...
- lymphangitis.[citation needed]
Elephantiasis tropica (known as
lymphatic filariasis),
caused by a
number of
parasitic worms,
particularly Wuchereria bancrofti...
- regimens, and
lymphatic filariasis is the
target of the
World Health Organization Global Program to
Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis with the aim to eradicate...
- Loa loa
filariasis, (Loiasis) is a skin and eye
disease caused by the
nematode worm Loa loa.
Humans contract this
disease through the bite of a deer fly...
- also
reduces the
transmission of
lymphatic filariasis. In the Americas, 95% of the
burden of
lymphatic filariasis is on the
island of
Hispaniola (comprising...
-
include onchocerciasis,
lymphatic filariasis, plague,
Buruli ulcer, leishmaniasis, and
Chagas disease.
Lymphatic filariasis, for example,
causes severe deformities...
-
Lymphatic filariasis in
India refers to the
presence of the
disease lymphatic filariasis in
India and the
social response to the disease. In India, 99%...
- (arthropod-borne)
nematode (roundworm)
which causes the
disease "Timor
filariasis", or "Timorian
filariasis".
While this
disease was
first described in 1965, the identity...
- (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis,
ascariasis and
lymphatic filariasis. It
works through many
mechanisms to kill the
targeted parasites, and...
