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Elephantiasis, a chronic inflammation that results in gross deformities is caused by which among the following microbe ? |
Trichophyton Wuchereria E. Coli Ascaris |
Wuchereria |
Wuchereria (W. bancrofti and W. malayi), the filarial worms cause a slowly developing chronic inflammation of the organs in which they live for many years, usually the lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs and the disease is called elephantiasis or filariasis . |