Question

Filariasis is known as elephantiasis because

• A. Infection mainly seen in elephants
• B. Elephants are secondary hosts
• C. Excessive enlargement of body parts like legs of elephants
• D. Excessive enlargement of teeth

Answer 1

The correct option is C Excessive enlargement of body parts like legs of elephants

Wuchereria bancrofti is a human parasitic roundworm that is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis. It infects the lymphatic system and blocks the flow of lymph that leads to the swelling of limbs which appears like elephant limbs and thus called as elephantiasis.