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n. - Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers.

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  • Manson's theory in regard to the disease being caused by filaria.
  • These are the larval forms of the parasite and have been called by Le Dantec the micro-filaria.
  • The true pathology of the elephantoid diseases may thus be briefly summarized: A parent filaria in
  • For example, filaria is widespread in the project area, including both river blindness and loa-loa.
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