Tag: Anopheles
Elephantiasis
Elephantiasis, or more commonly known as elephantiasis disease is a disease of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels caused by worms Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia timori. About 120 million people infected with these organisms in several tropical and subtropical countries, is transmitted by the bite of the Culex mosquito, Aedes and Anopheles are a lot of [...]
Posted: December 22nd, 2009 under environment, medical clinic, medical equipments.
Tags: Anopheles, Culex, Culex mosquito, Elephantiasis, mosquito, tropical, Worm
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