-
under the skin. L. loa
causes Loa loa
filariasis,
while O.
volvulus causes river blindness.
Serous cavity filariasis is
caused by the
worms Mansonella perstans...
- by
lymphatic filariasis often experience adverse immunological reactions to the
microfilariae as well as the
adult worms.: 665
Filariasis may also be...
- 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 is a skin and eye
disease caused by the
nematode worm Loa loa.
Humans contract this
disease through the bite of a deer fly or mango...
-
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%...
-
include onchocerciasis,
lymphatic filariasis, plague,
Buruli ulcer, leishmaniasis, and
Chagas disease.
Lymphatic filariasis, for example,
causes severe deformities...
- also
reduces the
transmission of
lymphatic filariasis. In the Americas, 95% of the
burden of
lymphatic filariasis is on the
island of
Hispaniola (comprising...
- a
filarial (arthropod-borne)
nematode (roundworm) that
causes Loa loa
filariasis. Loa loa
actually means "worm worm", but is
commonly known as the "eye...
- (roundworm), one of the
three causative agents of
lymphatic filariasis in humans.
Lymphatic filariasis, also
known as elephantiasis, is a
condition characterized...