FILARIA - THE FACTS: 8 Worms You Must Not Ignore

This is about filaria worms and how they unleash horrifying illnesses.

Questions covered in this booklet are such as how to diagnose filaria infections; how to differentiate the filaria etc.

The World Health Organization (WHO) had planned for the elimination of Filariasis by 2020; however due to the Covid 19 pandemic etc., this date has been pushed to 2030.

The eight types of filaria mostly recognized to cause the different kinds of filariasis are discussed in this booklet.

They are:

Wuchereria BancroftiLoa LoaBrugia MalayiDirofilariaOnchocerca VolvulusMansonella OzzardiMansonella StreptocercaMansonella Perstans

The kinds of facts covered in this booklet are:The life cycleThe geographical distributionIntermediate hostsCharacteristics of the adult filariaCharacteristics of the embryo microfilaria,The diagnoses methodologies, andThe pathology etc.

This book will be especially profitable in that it covers aspects of prevention too.