Question

Name the pathogen which causes elephantaisis?

Answer 1

caused by a number of parasites worms, particularly wuchereria bancorfti.
elephantiasis occurs in the presence of microscopic, thread like parasites worms.

Answer 2

 It is characterised by oedema, hypertrophy, and fibrosis of skin and subcutaneous tissues, due to obstruction of lymphatic vessels. It may affect the genitalia.The term elephantiasis is often used in reference to (symptoms caused by) parasitic worm infections, but may refer to variety of diseases where parts of a person's body swell to massive proportions
Some conditions that present with elephantiasis include:

Elephantiasis nostras, due to longstanding chronic lymphangitis

Elephantiasis tropica or lymphatic filariasis, caused by a number of parasitic worms, particularly Wuchereria bancrofti. More than 120 million people, mostly in Africa and Southeast Asia, are affected.

Nonfilarial elephantiasis or podoconiosis, an immune disease affecting the lymph vessels

Leishmanias .
Genitalntiasis, end result of lymphogranuloma venereu
Proteus syndrome, a genetic disorder. A notable sufferer of Proteus syndrome was the so-called Elephant Man.

Other causes may include:

Repeated streptococcal infection

Lymphadenectomy

Hereditary birth defects

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