Organism
|
Vector
|
Disease produced
|
|
1
|
Wuchereria bancrofti
|
Culex mosquitoes
|
Lymphatic filariasis
|
2
|
Brugia malayi
|
Mansonia mosquitoes
|
Lymphatic filariasis
|
3
|
Brugia timori
|
Anopheles mosquitoes,
Mansonia mosquitoes
|
Lymphatic filariasis
|
4
|
Onchocerca volvulus
|
Simulum flies
|
Subcutaneous nodules, River blindness
|
5
|
Loa loa
|
Chrysopes flies
|
Recurrent, Transient subcutaneous swellings
|
6
|
T.perstans
|
Culicoides
|
Probably rarely any clinical illness
|
7
|
T.streptocerca
|
Culicoides
|
Probably rarely any clinical illness
|
8
|
Mansonella ozzardi
|
Culicoides
|
Probably rarely any clinical illness
|
Human filarial infections
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