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Discovery and clinical importance of the filariases.
[dracunculiasis]
Macrofilariae
have
been
recognized
for
many
millennia
.
Microfilariae
were
,
however
,
not
demonstrable
until
microscopy
attained
an
advanced
degree
of
perfection
.
Demonstration
of
the
mode
of
transmission
of
the
various
filariases
(
Wuchereria
bancrofti
,
Onchocerca
volvulus
,
and
Loa
loa
)
,
dominated
by
Manson
's
work
on
lymphatic
filariasis
,
constitutes
one
of
the
most
exciting
phases
inhuman
parasitology
.
