Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Brugia malayi (lymphatic filariasis, elephantiasis)
Brugia pahangi (animal filariasis, rarely infecting humans) [94]
Brugia timori (lymphatic filariasis)
Loa loa (loa loa filariasis, loiasis, loaiasis, calabar swellings, fugitive
swelling, tropical swelling, African eyeworm)
Mansonella ozzardi (serous cavity filariasis, seldom causes clinical dis-
ease, but generalized symptoms including fever, lymphadenopathy, joint
pain, headache and pruritis are occasionally encountered)
Mansonella perstans, formerly Dipetalonema perstans (serous cavity fila-
riasis, bung-eye disease)
Mansonella streptocerca,formelyDipetalonema streptocerca (strepto-
cerciasis)
Onchocerca volvulus (onchocerciasis, river blindness)
Wuchereria bancrofti (filariasis)
Trichinella nativa (trichinellosis)
Trichinella nelsoni (trichinellosis) [95]
Trichinella pseudospiralis (trichinellosis) [96]
Trichinella spiralis (trichinellosis, trichinosis)
Capillaria philippinensis (intestinal capillariasis)
Capillaria hepatica (hepatic capillariasis)
Trichuris trichiura, human whipworm (trichuriasis)
