ABSTRACT
More than 3.3 billion people are exposed to ‘lariasis, and an estimated 300 million people are infected [2]. Loaiosis occurs in Africa, brugiasis in South Asia, wuchereriasis in
Africa and Asia, onchocerciasis in Africa, Central and South America, and Asia (Yemen), perstans mansonelliasis in Africa and Central and South America, ozzardi mansonelliasis in Central and South America, and streptocerca mansonelliasis in Africa [3] (Figure 56.2).
