Biomaterial Database

Intraocular filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti. 2000

E Mathai, and S David

Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India. mathaie@yahoo.com

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D005368	Filariasis	Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.	Elaeophoriasis,Filarioidea Infections,Infections, Filarioidea,Elaeophoriases,Filariases,Filarioidea Infection,Infection, Filarioidea
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014958	Wuchereria bancrofti	A white threadlike worm which causes elephantiasis, lymphangitis, and chyluria by interfering with the lymphatic circulation. The microfilaria are found in the circulating blood and are carried by mosquitoes.	Filaria bancrofti,Filaria sanguinis hominis
D015822	Eye Infections, Parasitic	Mild to severe infections of the eye and its adjacent structures (adnexa) by adult or larval protozoan or metazoan parasites.	Ocular Infections, Parasitic,Parasitic Eye Infections,Eye Infection, Parasitic,Infection, Parasitic Eye,Infection, Parasitic Ocular,Infections, Parasitic Eye,Infections, Parasitic Ocular,Ocular Infection, Parasitic,Parasitic Eye Infection,Parasitic Ocular Infection,Parasitic Ocular Infections