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This document summarizes tissue nematodes (filarial worms) that infect humans. It discusses the life cycles and transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Brugia timori, Loa loa, and Onchocerca volvulus. These filarial worms live in the lymphatic system or subcutaneous tissues of humans and require blood-feeding insects like mosquitoes or black flies to transmit between hosts during their life cycles. Diseases caused include lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), loiasis, and onchocerciasis (river

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Amanuel Eshetu Amanuel Eshetu

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