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Filariasis is characterized by fever, chills, headache, and skin lesions in the early stages and, if untreated, can progress to include gross enlargement of the limbs and genitalia in a condition called elephantiasis.
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What are the most common types of filariasis?
The two most common types of the disease are Bancroftian and Malayan filariasis, both forms of lymphatic filariasis.
What is the surgical treatment of filariasis?
Kya filariasis thik ho jata hai
How many people have lymphatic filariasis?
It is estimated that 120 million people in the world have lymphatic filariasis
Filariasis is caused by?
wuchereria bancrofti
What causes filariasis?
Three kinds of round worms cause elephantiasis filariasis: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori
What causes elephantiasis filariasis?
Three kinds of round worms cause elephantiasis filariasis: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori
Which disease does culex spread?
West Nile Virus and Filariasis. Filariasis is caused by nematodes which affect primarily lymphatic nodes and cause elephantiasis.
How is lymphatic filariasis diagnosed?
The only sure way to diagnose lymphatic filariasis is by detecting the parasite itself, either the adult worms or the microfilariae
What is Elephantiasis' scientific name?
Elephantiasis' scientific name is lymphatic filariasis. It is a parasitic disease caused by thread-like worms transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes.
Where is Lymphatic filariasis most common?
Lymphatic filariasis is a disease of underdeveloped regions found in South America, Central Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the Caribbean
Which class disease filariasis belongs?
Epidemic Disease
What do you call bodha kalu in English?
Filariasis or Filariae
