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What causes swelling of the lower limbs in patients suffering from filariasis?

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Wuchereria (W. brancmfti and W. Malayi), the filarial worms cause a slowly developing chronic inflammation of the organs in which they live for many years, tmnelly the lymphatic vessel of the lower limbs and the disease is called elephantiasis or Filariasis.
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