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the Filarial round worm causes elephantiasis
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What are the elephantiasis effects?
The disorder elephantiasis is actually a group of disorders, all of which causes swelling to different parts of the body. Each disorder is caused by mosquito or worm bites.
What is the named pathogen that causes Diseases like elephantiasis caused by these worm-like animals?
The three main causes of elephantiasis are Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B. timori. With Wuchereria being the most common.
Is elephantiasis DNA OR RNA?
Elephantiasis is caused by a microfilarial nematode (very small worm).
What type of mosquito spreads elephantiasis?
people are infected by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito
What Diseases like elephantiasis are caused by these worm like animals?
Helminths
Did The syndrome called elephantiasis is caused by a round worm true or false?
True
Can elephantiasis be passed down from mother to child?
No it can't it comes from a mosquito who holds the worm!
Is DNA RNA OR DNA?
Elephantiasis is caused by a microfilarial nematode (very small worm).
What does elephantiasis usually do to a person?
Elephantiasis is a disease that causes thickening of the skin and tissue. Elephantiasis can cause certain body parts to swell to the size of a soccer ball or basketball.
What causes elephantiasis filariasis?
Three kinds of round worms cause elephantiasis filariasis: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori
What type of organism causes ring worm?
Any animal infected with it.
What kind of worm is responsible for elephantiasis?
There are several Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and B. timori all of these are transited by mosquito
