filariasisn.
/ˌfɪləˈrʌɪəsɪs/, /fᵻˌlɛːrɪˈeɪsɪs/, U.S. /ˌfɪləˈraɪəsəs/ Pathology.
Any disease resulting from infection with filariæ.
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wormc1000
vermes1728
invermination1808
helminthiasis1811
vermination1818
rishta1834
trichinosis1866
trichiniasis1867
filariasis1879
strongylosis1883
ankylostomiasis1887
tunnel-disease1887
ascariasis1888
taeniasis1896
hook-worm disease1902
Strongyloides1902
uncinariasis1902
tunnel-sickness1903
amœbiasis1905
redwater1906
schistosomiasis1906
paragonimiasis1907
strongyloidiasis1907
strongyloidosis1907
trichinelliasis1907
loaiasis1913
onchocercosis1918
trichuriasis1921
loa loa1923
hydatidosis1925
sparganosis1928
trichinellosis1958
1879 Veterinarian LII. 401 (heading) Facts in Filariasis.
1888 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Sept. 728/2 The term ‘filariosis’, he [sc. Dr. Lancereaux] applies to the entire group of pathological conditions resulting from infection of the organism by the filaria sanguinis hominis.
1900 G. H. F. Nuttall in C. Watson Encycl. Med. III. 464 Though the term ‘filariasis’ has been usually applied in medical works only to diseases due to Filaria Bancrofti, it appears advisable so to extend the term that it may include all diseases, both of man and animals, which are due to the presence and action of filariae.
1949 H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. xxxi. 1062 Filariasis in man has been treated with penicillin without effect.
1957 L. F. R. Williams State of Israel 131 Some 20 per cent of the Cochin population suffered from filariasis.
1966 G. P. Wright & W. S. Symmers Systemic Pathol. II. xxxiv. 1189 Wuchereria bancroftii, one of the causative organisms of filariosis, behaves in two respects like the malarial parasite.
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