Taber's Medical Dictionary
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. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis. Accessed January 19, 2021.
Filariasis. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (23rd edition). F.A. Davis Company. Retrieved January 19, 2021, 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 2021 January 19]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729426/all/filariasis.
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