filariasis
Last reviewed 01/2018
There are 5 species of nematodes of the family Filarioidea responsible for disease in man.
ORGANISM VECTOR
- Wuchereria bancrofti - mosquito: Culex, Aedes, Anopheles
- Brugia malayi - mosquito
- Brudia timori - mosquito
- Loa loa - deerfly: Chrysops
- Onchocerca volvulus - blackfly: Simulium
These nematodes require two hosts to complete their life cycle, and following infection and development of the adult worm in a human host, the female worm releases larval microfilariae. These are then spread by insect vectors.