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Definition of Filarial

Filarial
Filarial Fi*la"ri*al, a. 1. (Zo["o]l. & Med.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, filari[ae] and allied parasitic worms. 2. Straight, as if in a line; as, the filarial flight of birds.

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- them in temperate areas like Europe or the United States. Eight known filarial worms have humans as a definitive host. These are divided into three groups...
- 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...
- within this superfamily are known as filarial worms or filariae (singular filaria). Infections with parasitic filarial worms cause disease conditions generically...
- Wuchereria bancrofti is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) that is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis. It is one of the three parasitic...
- Elephantiasis, often incorrectly called elephantitis, is the enlargement and hardening of limbs or body parts due to tissue swelling. It is characterised...
- a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm), transmitted by tiny blood-sucking flies called midges. Mansonella perstans is one of two filarial nematodes...
- Mansonella ozzardi is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm). This filarial nematode is one of two that causes serous cavity filariasis in humans...
- that induce inflammation. In 2007, Melendez and his ****ociates studied filarial nematodes and ES-62, a protein that nematodes secrete in their host. They...
- Loa loa is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) that causes Loa loa filariasis. Loa loa actually means "worm worm", but is commonly known...
- helminths, it is not a filarial disease. Instead, it is a complication of chronic lymphedema. Both elephantiasis nostras and filarial elephantiasis are characterized...