RT Book, Section
A1 Fink, Doran L.
A1 Nutman, Thomas B.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7030980
T1 Chapter 328. Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7030980
RD 2024/04/24
AB Filarial  worms  are  parasitic  nematodes  that  dwell  within  the  lymphatics  and  the  subcutaneous  tissues.  Eight  filarial  species  are  associated  with  human  disease,  though  only  4  cause  significant  morbidity  in  children  (Table  328-1).  These  species  include  the  causative  agents  of  lymphatic  filariasis—Wuchereria  bancrofti,  Brugia  malayi,  and  Brugia  timori—and  the  subcutaneous  filariid  Onchocerca  volvulus,  the  causative  agent  of  onchocerciasis.  The  other  filarial  parasites  of  humans  (Loa  loa,  Mansonella  perstans,  Mansonella  streptocerca,  and  Mansonella  ozzardi)  cause  minimal  childhood  morbidity.  Of  the  8  filarial  parasites  of  humans,  W  bancrofti  is,  by  far,  the  most  important  in  terms  of  both  morbidity  and  numbers  of  people  infected.