Assertion: lymphatic filariasis | /r/CreatedBy | threadlike worms
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text: According to the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, lymphatic filariasis is "a parasitic disease caused by threadlike worms living in the human lymphatic system" (Reference 1).
text: Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by thread-like worms called Wuchereria bancrofti.
text: Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a disease caused by a threadlike worm that can grow and reproduce in the human lymphatic system, an important part of the body’s immune system.
text: Lymphatic filariasis is caused by threadlike worms (nematodes) that live in the lymphatic system; it is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito carrying infective larvae.
text: Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by thread-like worms.