Publisher's Synopsis
This is about filaria worms and how they unleash horrifying illnesses.
Questions covered in this booklet are such as how to diagnose filaria infections; how to differentiate the filaria etc. The World Health Organization (WHO) had planned for the elimination of Filariasis by 2020; however due to the Covid 19 pandemic etc., this date has been pushed to 2030. The eight types of filaria mostly recognized to cause the different kinds of filariasis are discussed in this booklet. They are:- Wuchereria Bancrofti
- Loa Loa
- Brugia Malayi
- Dirofilaria
- Onchocerca Volvulus
- Mansonella Ozzardi
- Mansonella Streptocerca
- Mansonella Perstans
The kinds of facts covered in this booklet are:
- The life cycle
- The geographical distribution
- Intermediate hosts
- Characteristics of the adult filaria
- Characteristics of the embryo microfilaria,
- The diagnoses methodologies, and
- The pathology etc.
This book will be especially profitable in that it covers aspects of prevention too.
