<unk>  is responsible for 90% of lymphatic filariasis. Recently, 120 million worldwide cases of lymphatic filariasis were estimated.<unk>  largely affects areas across the broad equatorial belt (Africa, the Nile Delta, Turkey, India, the East Indies, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Oceanic Islands, and parts of South America). The mosquito vectors of<unk>  have a preference for human blood; humans are apparently the only animals naturally infected with<unk> . No reservoir host is known, and the disease could, therefore, potentially be eradicated.
Wuchereria bancrofti
Onchocerca volvulus
Schistosoma haematobium
Taenia solium
Schistosoma intercalatum
Echinostoma revolutum
Schistosoma japonicum
Taenia asiatica