Biomaterial Database

Bancroftian filariasis in Egypt. 1979

B A Southgate

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008209	Lymphedema	Edema due to obstruction of lymph vessels or disorders of the lymph nodes.	Milroy's Disease,Congenital Familial Lymphedema,Congenital Hereditary Lymphedema,Early Onset Lymphedema,Hereditary Lymphedema,Hereditary Lymphedema 1,Hereditary Lymphedema Type I,Lymphedema, Early-Onset,Lymphedema, Hereditary, Ia,Milroy Disease,Nonne-Milroy Disease,Nonne-Milroy Lymphedema,Nonne-Milroy-Meige Disease,Primary Congenital Lymphedema,Congenital Hereditary Lymphedemas,Congenital Lymphedema, Primary,Congenital Lymphedemas, Primary,Early Onset Lymphedemas,Early-Onset Lymphedema,Early-Onset Lymphedemas,Hereditary Lymphedema 1s,Hereditary Lymphedema, Congenital,Hereditary Lymphedemas,Hereditary Lymphedemas, Congenital,Lymphedema, Congenital Hereditary,Lymphedema, Early Onset,Lymphedema, Hereditary,Lymphedema, Nonne-Milroy,Lymphedema, Primary Congenital,Lymphedemas,Lymphedemas, Congenital Hereditary,Lymphedemas, Early Onset,Lymphedemas, Early-Onset,Lymphedemas, Hereditary,Lymphedemas, Primary Congenital,Milroys Disease,Nonne Milroy Disease,Nonne Milroy Lymphedema,Nonne Milroy Meige Disease,Primary Congenital Lymphedemas
D004534	Egypt	A country in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula Its capital is Cairo.	Arab Republic of Egypt,United Arab Republic
D004604	Elephantiasis	Hypertrophy and thickening of tissues from causes other than filarial infection, the latter being described as ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL.	Bigfoot Disease,Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa,Endemic Elephantiasis,Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiasis,Lymphostatic Verrucosis,Microcrystal Disease,Mossy foot,Podoconiosis,Bigfoot Diseases,Disease, Bigfoot,Disease, Microcrystal,Diseases, Bigfoot,Diseases, Microcrystal,Elephantiases,Elephantiases, Endemic,Elephantiases, Endemic Non-Filarial,Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosas,Elephantiasis, Endemic,Elephantiasis, Endemic Non-Filarial,Endemic Elephantiases,Endemic Non Filarial Elephantiasis,Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiases,Lymphostatic Verrucoses,Microcrystal Diseases,Mossy foots,Non-Filarial Elephantiases, Endemic,Non-Filarial Elephantiasis, Endemic,Nostras Verrucosa, Elephantiasis,Nostras Verrucosas, Elephantiasis,Podoconioses,Verrucosa, Elephantiasis Nostras,Verrucosas, Elephantiasis Nostras,Verrucoses, Lymphostatic,Verrucosis, Lymphostatic,foot, Mossy,foots, Mossy
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
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