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    filariasis

    (fĭl-ă-rī′ă-sĭs)

    [filaria + -iasis]
    Parasitic infection with any of the slender worms of the genus Brugia or Wuchereria. Infection causes obstruction of lymphatics.
    SEE: elephantiasis

    Bancroft filariasis

    SEE: Bancroft filariasis

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    Venes, Donald, editor. "Filariasis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis.
    Filariasis. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis. Accessed March 22, 2019.
    Filariasis. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis
    Filariasis [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 March 22]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis.
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