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Filariasis (medical condition): Parasitic worm infection of the lympatic system...more »
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Lymphatic Filariasis:
»Introduction: Lymphatic Filariasis
»Symptoms of Lymphatic Filariasis
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Filariasis: a disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Filariasis: infections with nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea; presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis; organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischaemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.
Source: CRISP
Filariasis: Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.
Source: MeSH 2007
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Filariasis:
Filariasis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Filariasis, or a subtype of Filariasis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Filariasis: Another name for Lymphatic Filariasis (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Lymphatic Filariasis
»Symptoms of Lymphatic Filariasis
»Treatments for Lymphatic Filariasis
Filariasis: Filariasis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Some of the causes of Filariasis are included in the list below:
Read more about causes of Filariasis (Lymphatic Filariasis)
Some of the symptoms of Filariasis incude:
See full list of 31 symptoms of Filariasis (Lymphatic Filariasis)
Treatments for Filariasis (Lymphatic Filariasis) include:
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Treatment of Filariasis: For more treatment information about Filariasis, see treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis (Filariasis)
Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by microscopic, thread-like worms. The adult worms only live in the human... (Source: excerpt from Lymphatic Filariasis: DPD)
Filariasis (symptom): See Filariasis (symptom information).
These medical disease topics may be related to Filariasis:
Source - MeSH 2007
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Source - CRISP
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Source - WordNet 2.1
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Filariasis into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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