Elephantiasis
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I did my report on filariasis, which is more commonly known as
. is the late phase of filariasis. Filariasis
is a tropical mosquito born parasitic disease causing obstruction of the
lymph vessels. In some people the presence of the worm causes a tissue
reaction that causes the lymph flow to be blo ....
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.... its death.
In humans, the mature worm lives tightly coiled in the lymphatic vessels
where they reproduce. The female holds the fertilized eggs in her body.
Later the embryos, called microfilariae, are discharged alive. An
interesting feature of these worms is the periodic swarming of the
microfilariae in the bloodstream. In most species swarming takes place at
night. The embryos can be taken up by an insect only when they are in a
human's bloodstream. They develope into infective larvae in ....
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