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Disease elephantiasis
Phenotype C0016085|filariasis
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PubMedID- 25700363 Onchocerciasis or river blindness, and lymphatic filariasis, which can lead to disfiguring elephantiasis, are two neglected tropical diseases that affect millions of people, primarily in developing countries.
PubMedID- 22992226 Lymphatic filariasis is associated with dermatitis, elephantiasis and hydrocoele [2].
PubMedID- 22028601 (1914) [2] mentioned in their review that manson (1883) suggested filariasis as the cause of elephantiasis because of the similarity in the geographic distribution.
PubMedID- 21687369 Parasitic diseases cause severe morbidity, including lymphatic filariasis (a cause of elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), and schistosomiasis.

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