Onchocercidae
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| Onchocercidae | |
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| Foleyella furcata in the blood of lizards from Madagascar[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Superfamily: | Filarioidea |
| Family: | Onchocercidae Chabaud and Anderson, 1959[2] |
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The Onchocercidae are a family of nematodes in the superfamily Filarioidea. This family includes some of the most devastating human parasitic diseases, such as lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, loiasis, and other filariases.
