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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Chromadorea > Spirurida > Filarioidea > Wuchereria > Wuchereria bancrofti

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Wuchereria bancrofti  

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Entry terms

  • Filaria bancrofti
  • Filaria sanguinis hominis

Note

  • infection: coord IM with probably ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL (IM) but if elephantiasis is not present, coord with FILARIASIS (IM) instead; coord with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent; /drug eff: consider FILARICIDES

Scope note

  • A white threadlike worm which causes elephantiasis, lymphangitis, and chyluria by interfering with the lymphatic circulation. The microfilaria are found in the circulating blood and are carried by mosquitoes.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under WUCHERERIA 1979-90; was FILARIA BANCROFTI see under WUCHERERIA 1963-78; FILARIA SANGUINIS HOMINIS was see under WUCHERERIA 1963-78

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