Diseases

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.

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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.

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7 entry terms
  • Filarioidea Infections
  • Infections, Filarioidea
  • Filariases
  • Filarioidea Infection
  • Infection, Filarioidea
  • Elaeophoriasis
  • Elaeophoriases

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

ELAEOPHORIASIS was heading 1975-92 (see under FILARIASIS 1975-90)

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WC 880

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Filariasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005368. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005368
  2. Filariasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filariasis
  3. Filariasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815753