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(i) Write the scientific names of the two species of filarial worms causing filariasis. (ii) How do they affect the body of infected person (s)? (iii) How does the disease spread ?

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(i) Wuchereria bancrofti, Wuchcreria malayi.

(ii) Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs/inflammation of the genital organs / gross deformity of the lower limbs/deformity of the genital organs.

(iii) Through the bite of female (Culex) mosquito.



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