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Filariasis
Filariasis
(or
philariasis
) is a
parasitic disease
caused by an infection with
roundworms
of the
Filarioidea
type. These are spread by blood-feeding
black flies
and
mosquitoes
. This disease belongs to the group of diseases called
helminthiasis
.
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