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... > Infections > Parasitic Diseases > Helminthiasis > Nematode Infections > Secernentea Infections > Spirurida Infections > Filariasis > Acanthocheilonemiasis

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Acanthocheilonemiasis  

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Broader concept

Note

  • infection with ACANTHOCHEILONEMA PERSTANS = ACANTHOCHEILONEMIASIS PERSTANS INFECTION see MANSONELLIASIS

Scope note

  • A tropical infectious disease found mainly in Africa that is caused by the filarial parasite ACANTHOCHEILONEMA. Symptoms include skin rashes, abdominal, chest, muscle, and joint pains, neurologic disorders, skin lumps, and elevated levels of white blood cells. The parasite is transmitted through the bite of small flies.

History note

  • 2013

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D063485

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