Question

Which infection causes elephantiasis? what are the symptoms of this disease and what happens in this disease?

Answer 1

Elephantiasis (filariasis)

• • Pathogen − Wuchereria (W.malayi and W.bancrofti)
  • Spreads through − Bite of female mosquito vector
  • Symptom − Chronic inflammation of the organs, usually the lymphatic vessels of lower limb

Elephantiasis is a disease causes by some parasitic worms which is characterized by enlargement of limbs,trunk, head or genitals. The enlargement of organs is caused by the deposition of watery fluid in the tissues as parasites does not allow circulation of fluids to occur causing their accumulation in the tissues.