Question

What do u mean by elephantiasis

Answer 1

Elephantiasis: Lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease caused by tiny thread-like worms that live in the human lymph system. ... When an infected female mosquito bites a person, she may inject the worm larvae, called microfilariae, into the blood.

Answer 2

Elephantiasis refers to a parasitic infection that causes extreme swelling in the arms and legs. The disease is caused by the filarial worm, which is transmitted form human to human via the female mosquito when it takes a blood meal. The parasite grows into an adult worm that lives in the lymphatic system of humans.