Mesh term Filariasis
Browse to parent terms:Spirurida Infections
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Acanthocheilonemiasis
Dipetalonema Infections
Dirofilariasis
Elephantiasis, Filarial
Loiasis
Mansonelliasis
Onchocerciasis
Setariasis
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