Filariasis and Elephantiasis
ELEPHANTIASIS/FILARIASIS
- Causative agent: wuchereria /filarial worm (W.
bancrofti and W. malayi). - Wuchereria is helminths.
- Symptoms:
•Slowly developed chronic inflammation usually
in lymphatic vessels of lower limb.
• The genital organs are often affected resulting
in gross deformity. - Female mosquito is the vector of filariasis.
- Control measure is preventing the spread of vector
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