Lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, mansonelliasis and loiasis caused by parasitic roundworms (nematodes) called filariae are diseases of tropical and subtropical countries causing high morbidity.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Helminthiases
Diseases due to nematodes
1F66 Filariasis
H02028 Filariasis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (animals)
Infections caused by nematodes
H02028 Filariasis
Pathogen
Wuchereria bancrofti Brugia malayi [GN:bmy] Brugia timori Onchocerca volvulus Loa loa [GN:loa] Mansonella perstans
