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filariasis: see elephantiasis elephantiasis (ĕl`əfăntī`əsĭs) ..... Click the link for more information. . filariasis [‚fil·ə′rī·ə·səs] (medicine) A disease due to the presence of hairlike nematodes (filariae) in humans, includingWuchereria bancrofti, W. pacifica,andOnchocerca volvulus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In 2000, annual mass administration of diethlycarbamazine and albendazole began in Leogane Commune, Haiti, to interrupt transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF). Cunningham NM: Lymphatic filariasis in immigrants from developing countries. The seven most common NTDs--including lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), schistosomiasis (snail fever) and onchocerciasis (river blindness)--can be controlled and potentially eliminated safely, effectively and affordably with a "rapid impact package" of four drugs at a cost of only fifty cents per person, per year--a fraction of the cost of antiviral treatment for HIV/AIDS and multidrug therapy for tuberculosis. |
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