Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2005

  • question_answer
    Elephantiasis causing organism belongs to:

    A)  aschelminthes

    B)  platyhelminthes

    C)  cnidarian

    D)  porifera

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     The disease elephantiasis is caused by an aschelminthes   member   Wnchereria bancrofti. It is an endoparasite of humans, lives in the lymphatic system. The disease is marked by an excessive growth of connective tissue and enormous swelling of affected parts, such as the scrotum, legs, arms and more rarely the vulva and breasts.


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