TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Neglected Tropical Diseases: Vector-borne Filariases A1 - Bradbury, Richard S. A1 - Cantey, Paul A1 - Won, Kimberly A1 - DuBray, Christine A2 - Boulton, Matthew L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2022 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e AB - The vector-borne filariases encompass a diverse range of parasitic infections, including lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, mansonellosis, and loiasis. For some, such as lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis, large-scale World Health Organization (WHO)-supported elimination campaigns are now underway. Others, such as mansonellosis, remain neglected with limited large-scale, well-controlled clinical and epidemiologic data available. This chapter will review the common vector-borne filariases of humans. Dirofilariasis and dracunculiasis, diseases of humans also caused by filarial nematodes, are covered in Chapter 127: Tissue Nematodes chapter of this textbook. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182665968 ER -