CBSE 2022 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q1 · 2 marks
Though filariasis is not fatal, but the disease in humans is responsible for considerable suffering, gross deformities and disability. Write the scientific name of any two helminth worms causing the disease and state two chronic manifestations of filariasis.
Marking-scheme solution
Wuchereria bancrofti and Wuchereria malayi
inflammation of the organs in which they live for many years, inflammation of lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs , deformities in genital organs
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