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  2. Mansonelliasis - Wikipedia

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    The size range for females worms is 65 to 81 mm long and 0.21 to 0.25 mm in diameter but unknown for males. Adult worms recovered from experimentally infected Patas monkeys measured 24 to 28 mm long and 70 to 80 μm in diameter (males) and 32 to 62 mm long and .130 to .160 mm in diameter (females). [1]

  3. Loa loa filariasis - Wikipedia

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    Loa loa filariasis, (Loiasis) is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm Loa loa.Humans contract this disease through the bite of a deer fly (Chrysops spp.) or mango fly, the vectors for Loa loa.

  4. Mansonella ozzardi - Wikipedia

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    Mansonella ozzardi is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm). This filarial nematode is one of two that causes serous cavity filariasis in humans. The other filarial nematode that causes it in humans is Mansonella perstans. M. ozzardi is an endoparasite that inhabits the serous cavity of the abdomen in the human host. It lives within ...

  5. Filariasis - Wikipedia

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    Filariasis is a filarial infection caused by parasitic nematodes (roundworms) spread by different vectors.They are included in the list of neglected tropical diseases.. The most common type is lymphatic filariasis caused by three species of Filaria that are spread by mosquitoes.

  6. Mansonella perstans - Wikipedia

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    Adults are white and thread-like, and have been found to be cylindrical in shape. Males are 35–56 mm long and 45–60 μm wide. [2] [5] Females are bigger, 70–80 mm long and 80–120 μm wide. [5] The tail is half a coil in females and a full coil in males. Adult worms are rarely seen, but sometimes can be recovered from a laparotomy or ...

  7. Mansonella streptocerca - Wikipedia

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    Mansonella streptocerca (formerly Diptalonema streptocerca) is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) causing the disease streptocerciasis.It is a common parasite in the skin of humans in the rain forests of Africa, where it is thought to be a parasite of non-human primates, as well.

  8. Elaeophora schneideri - Wikipedia

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    Elaeophora schneideri (arterial worm; carotid worm; cause of elaeophorosis, aka "filarial dermatitis" or "sorehead" in sheep; or "clear-eyed" blindness in elk) is a nematode which infests several mammalian hosts in North America. It is transmitted by horse-flies.

  9. Gongylonema pulchrum - Wikipedia

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    There are seven genera of spirudia nematodes that infect human hosts accidentally: Gnathostoma, Thelazia, Gongylonema, Physaloptera, Spirocerca, Rictularia. The G. pulchrum parasite is a nematode worm of the order Spirurida. It is a relatively thin nematode, and like other worms within its class, it has no circulatory or respiratory system.

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