FILARIASIS

WHAT IS FILARIASIS ?

It is a tropical disease caused

by the presence of filarial
worms in the lymph vessels.
TRANSMITTED THROUGH :
BITE OF AN INFECTIOUS MOSQUITO BLOOD FEEDING BLACK FLIES/ WORMS
MICROFILARIA MATURE
INTO INFECTIVE LARVA
WITHIN THE MOSQUITO.
WHEN INFECTED
MOSQUITOES BITE
PEOPLE, MATURE
PARASITE LARVA GETS
DEPOSITED ON THEIR
SKIN FROM WHERE THEY
CAN ENTER THE BODY.
THE MICROFILARIA MIGRATE
TOWARDS THE THORACIC
MUSCLES WHERE THEY
DEVELOP INTO LARVA AND THE
INDIVIDUAL GETS INFECTED.
THE INFECTIOUS LARVA IS
MIGRATED FROM THE
MOSQUITOE’S HEAD TO ITS
PROBOSCIS AND TRANSMITTED
TO ANOTHER HUMANS WHEN
THEY HAVE A BLOOD MEAL.
FILARIASIS IS NOT
TRANSMITTED
FROM PERSON TO
PERSON BUT
MOSQUITOES CAN
GET INFECTED IF
THEY INGEST
MICROFILARIA
DURING A BLOOD
MEAL OF AN
INFECTED
INDIVIDUAL.
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