Skip to main content

Human Diseases (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

filariosis  

Definition

  • Filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type. These are spread by blood-feeding diptera such as black flies and mosquitoes. (Wikipedia)

Broader concept

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-NN1GW5S8-6

Download this concept: