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Filariasis
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Nematode parasite transmitted by mosquitoes.
- Most disease caused by species of tissue-dwelling nematodes, agents of lymphatic filariasis:
- Wuchereria bancrofti (Asia, Africa, Latin America, Pacific islands)
- Life cycle [Fig 1] disease acquired mosquitoes transmitted third stage larvae during a blood meal.
- Onchocerca volvulus (Africa >> Latin America, Middle East)
- Brugia malayi (South-east Asia)
- Brugia timori (Indonesia)
- Wuchereria bancrofti (Asia, Africa, Latin America, Pacific islands)
- Transmitted by night- or day-biting mosquitoes (Anopheles, Culex).
- Other less common species involved include Mansonella perstans, M. streptocerca, and M. ozzardi.
- See Loa loa or Onchocerca volvulus modules for information on these filarial parasites.
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Nematode parasite transmitted by mosquitoes.
- Most disease caused by species of tissue-dwelling nematodes, agents of lymphatic filariasis:
- Wuchereria bancrofti (Asia, Africa, Latin America, Pacific islands)
- Life cycle [Fig 1] disease acquired mosquitoes transmitted third stage larvae during a blood meal.
- Onchocerca volvulus (Africa >> Latin America, Middle East)
- Brugia malayi (South-east Asia)
- Brugia timori (Indonesia)
- Wuchereria bancrofti (Asia, Africa, Latin America, Pacific islands)
- Transmitted by night- or day-biting mosquitoes (Anopheles, Culex).
- Other less common species involved include Mansonella perstans, M. streptocerca, and M. ozzardi.
- See Loa loa or Onchocerca volvulus modules for information on these filarial parasites.
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Last updated: July 3, 2020
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Auwaerter, Paul G. "Filariasis." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2020. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540225/all/Filariasis.
Auwaerter PG. Filariasis. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2020. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540225/all/Filariasis. Accessed January 31, 2023.
Auwaerter, P. G. (2020). Filariasis. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540225/all/Filariasis
Auwaerter PG. Filariasis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2020. [cited 2023 January 31]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540225/all/Filariasis.
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