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What diseases do filarial worms cause?
elephantiasis
Which insect causes elephantiasis?
Elephantiasis is usually caused by a blockage of the lymphatic system by threadlike filarial worms, Wuchereria bancrofti.
What does elephantiasis mostly result from?
The agents responsible for most of the elephantiasis in the world are filarial worms
What is the type of pathogen that causes the disease elephantiasis?
Elephantiasis or filariasis, is a parasitic infestation of nematodes. The three nematode species that infect humans and cause filariasis are Brugia malayi , Brugia timori , and Wuchereria bancrofti .
Example of bacteria fungi and parasitic worms that can cause disease?
Staphylococcus aureus, Beta hemolytic streptococci, Pneumococci are few bacteria that causes disease in man. Dermatophytes are the fungi that causes skin infection. Round worms, pin worms, tape worms cause disease in the man.
What worms can live inside the human body?
Flatworms such as tape worms and flukes, and roundworms such as trichinosis-causing worms, filarial worms, ascarid worms and hook worms.
What phylum of worms can infect plant roots and cause disease?
It is the Aschelminthes Phylum
What is done with a book?
name the phylum of animal kingdom to which 'parasitic worms' cousing diseases , such as filarial worm, round worm belong.
Why the filarial worms are enter into the perpheral blood between 10pm to 2 am?
night feeding habit of the intermediate host of filarial worm i.e, female culex mosquito is the reason why they have been seeing in the peripheral blood only during night time
The disease Elephantiasis Is Caused By?
Causal organism is a helminth called Wuchereria bancrofti
What is one example of a animal disease?
Worms is one disease, where internal parasites get inside the animal and can cause illness, poor performance and occasionly death.
What has the author T F McGowan written?
T. F. McGowan has written: 'Summary of engineering observations & recommendations for filaria control' -- subject(s): Filarial worms
