filariasis

As nouns the difference between filariasis and amoebiasis

is that filariasis is a disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation while amoebiasis is (medicine) an infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan entamoeba histolytica ; amoebic dysentery.

As nouns the difference between filariasis and onchocerciasis

is that filariasis is a disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation while onchocerciasis is (medicine) a disease caused by a worm of the genus , especially as transmitted to humans by flies and often causing blindness; common in tropical africa.

As a noun filariasis is

a disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation.

As nouns the difference between malaria and filariasis

is that malaria is a disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days while filariasis is a disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation.

As nouns the difference between microfilaria and filariasis

is that microfilaria is (biology) the very small larva of a filarial worm while filariasis is a disease common in tropical and subtropical countries resulting from infestation of the lymphatic system with nematode worms transmitted by mosquitoes: characterised by inflammation.