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Name the parasite that causes filariasis in humans. Mention its two diagnostic symptoms. How is this disease transmitted to others?

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Filariasis is caused by two types of parasitic worms: 

Wuchereria bancrofti and wuchereria malayi.

Symptoms : chronic inflammation of the lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs and gross deformities of genital organs. this disease is transmitted through the bite of female mosquito vectors, culex mosquito.



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