Information: - A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite. Many parasites do not cause diseases. Parasitic diseases can affect practically all living organisms, including plants and mammals. The study of parasitic diseases is called parasitology. - Filariasis ( or philariasis ) is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type . These are spread by blood - feeding black flies and mosquitoes . This disease belongs to the group of diseases called helminthiasis . Eight known filarial nematodes use humans as their definitive hosts . These are divided into three groups according to the niche within the body they occupy : Lymphatic filariasis is caused by the worms Wuchereria bancrofti , Brugia malayi , and Brugia timori . These worms occupy the lymphatic system , including the lymph nodes ; in chronic cases , these worms lead to the disease elephantiasis . Subcutaneous filariasis is caused by Loa loa ( the eye worm ) , Mansonella streptocerca , and Onchocerca volvulus . These worms occupy the subcutaneous layer of the skin , in the fat layer . L. loa causes Loa loa filariasis , while O. volvulus causes river blindness . Serous cavity filariasis is caused by the worms Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi , which occupy the serous cavity of the abdomen . The adult worms , which usually stay in one tissue , release early larval forms known as microfilariae into the host 's bloodstream . These circulating microfilariae can be taken up with a blood meal by the arthropod vector ; in the vector , they develop into infective larvae that can be transmitted to a new host . Individuals infected by filarial worms may be described as either '' microfilaraemic '' or '' amicrofilaraemic '' , depending on whether microfilariae can be found in their peripheral blood . Filariasis is diagnosed in microfilaraemic cases primarily through direct observation of microfilariae in the peripheral blood . Occult filariasis is diagnosed in amicrofilaraemic cases based on clinical observations and , in some cases , by finding a circulating antigen in the blood . - Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life. This means it forms a synthesis of other disciplines, and draws on techniques from fields such as cell biology, bioinformatics, biochemistry, molecular biology, immunology, genetics, evolution and ecology. What object entity has the relation of 'medical specialty' with the subject 'filariasis'? Choices: - genetics - infection - infectious disease
infectious disease
Information: - The Gulf Islands are the islands in the Strait of Georgia (also known as Salish Sea or the Gulf of Georgia), between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. - Salt Spring Island (also known as Saltspring Island) is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia between mainland British Columbia, Canada and Vancouver Island. - British Columbia (BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, with a population of more than four million people located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia bioregion, along with the U.S. states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. - Vancouver Island is in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Canada. It is part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in area. It is the largest island on the West Coast of North America. - Canada (French: ) is a country in the northern half of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering , making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest land border. The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains. About four-fifths of the country's population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border. Its capital is Ottawa, its largest city is Toronto; other major urban areas include Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton. - CFSI - FM is a Canadian radio station began broadcasting on September 14 , 2009 . Broadcasting on 107.9 FM , it is the first radio station licensed to Salt Spring Island in British Columbia . The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio - television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) on October 22 , 2007 . It offers a community - oriented programming format , including a variety of different musical styles : independent artists , blues , classical , jazz , world music . Programming also includes local interest talk shows and spiritual shows . Richard Moses , a former programmer with CKUA in Edmonton and CJRT in Toronto , is one of the contributing programmers . The station began testing on June 15 , 2009 . and officially began broadcasting in September 2009 . On September 23 , 2011 , Salt Spring Island Radio Corp. received CRTC approval to operate a new FM transmitter at 102.1 MHz in Mount Bruce , British Columbia . The station was sold in mid-February 2013 to South Asian broadcaster Satnam Media Group ; Satnam announced it intended to maintain the existing format on CFSI . However , after several non-compliances in a CRTC Audit , as well as alleged missing voluntary audits , including faulty program logs , as well as missing annual returns and several years of unpaid fees , a number of former CFSI staff / volunteers intervened with the CRTC asking for license revocation due to the poor management of Satnam Media . After a hearing in May 2015 , the CRTC revoked CFSI 's radio license in June 25 , 2015 and CFSI went off the air on July 25 , 2015 . What object entity has the relation of 'licensed to broadcast to' with the subject 'cfsi-fm'? Choices: - columbia - forest - montreal - saltspring island - toronto - vancouver - washington - winnipeg
saltspring island