A major symptom of elephantiasis is the swelling of the arms and the legs.
Causal organism is a helminth called Wuchereria bancrofti
is elephantiasis contagious?
Elephantiasis is a non - communicable disease.If you are having this disease then a part from your body will swell.Swelling cant spread through one person to other,thus it is non communicable,dear.
No, elephantiasis is caused by microscopic parasitic threadlike worms
Elephantiasis is caused by a microfilarial nematode (very small worm).
The agents responsible for most of the elephantiasis in the world are filarial worms
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.
the Filarial round worm causes elephantiasis
All of the muscular dystrophies are marked by muscle weakness as the major symptom. The distribution of symptoms, age of onset, and progression differ significantly. Pain is sometimes a symptom of each
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Carl Fr Hecker has written: 'Die Elephantiasis' -- subject(s): Elephantiasis