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    the three species known, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori cause lymphatic filariasis in humans; and Brugia pahangi and Brugia patei infect domestic cats...
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    Brugia malayi is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm), one of the three causative agents of lymphatic filariasis in humans. Lymphatic filariasis...
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  • Brugia timori is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) which causes the disease "Timor filariasis", or "Timorian filariasis". While this disease...
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    Lymphatic filariasis is caused by the worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori. These worms occupy the lymphatic system, including the...
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    of worms are known to cause the disease: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori, with Wuchereria bancrofti being the most common. These...
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  • Brugia pahangi is a parasitic roundworm belonging to the genus Brugia. It is a filarial nematode known to infect the lymph vessels of domestic cats and...
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    system caused by repeated, chronic infection of Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi, two mosquito-borne parasites of Africa and Southeast Asia, respectively...
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    lymphatic filariasis. It is one of the three parasitic worms, together with Brugia malayi and B. timori, that infect the lymphatic system to cause lymphatic...
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  • include: Diethylcarbamazine – effective against Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Brugia timori, and Loa loa Salicylanilide – mitochondrial un-couplers such...
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    lymphatic filariasis caused by infection with Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, or Brugia timori; loiasis and tropical pulmonary eosinophilia. The WHO recommends...
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    (parasite of dogs) Brugia Brugia malayi (one cause of filariasis in humans) Brugia pahangi (parasite of domestic cats and wild animals) Brugia timori (cause...
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  • family, cause human lymphatic filariasis: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori. Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia is a rare syndrome characterised...
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    lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) caused by Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi, albendazole is sometimes given as an adjunct to ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine...
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    Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens D. immitis Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum...
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    Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens D. immitis Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum...
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    human-biters. It is a natural vector for filarial worms such as zoonotic Brugia pahangi, and Wuchereria bancrofti, which cause filariasis to humans. "An...
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    such as adenolymphangitis, elephantiasis, and filarial fever are: Brugia malayi Brugia timori Wuchereria bancrofti Three other medically important parasitic...
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    Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens D. immitis Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum...
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    Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens D. immitis Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum...
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  • bladder cancer Lymphatic filariasis 1975 Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori filarial worms mosquitoes throughout the tropics 38.5 million...
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    the causative worms are in brackets): Filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi infection) Onchocerciasis (Onchocerca volvulus infection) Soil-transmitted...
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    Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens D. immitis Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum...
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    Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens D. immitis Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum...
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    infections with other filarial parasites such as Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Loa loa, Mansonella infections are relatively mild. However...
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    Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens D. immitis Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum...
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    Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens D. immitis Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum...
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    parasitic filarial nematode species responsible for elephantiasis, such as Brugia malayi and Wuchereria bancrofti, Wolbachia has become an obligate endosymbiont...
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    Brugensis (1046); as Brycge in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (1049–1052); as Brugias (1072); as Bruges (1080–1085); as Bruggas (c. 1084); as Brugis (1089);...
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    Mansonelliasis Dirofilaria repens D. immitis Dirofilariasis Wuchereria bancrofti / Brugia malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum...
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  • amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, cefuroxime Under research Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi Lymphatic filariasis (Elephantiasis) Severe swelling of extremities...
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