Filarioidea information

Filarioidea
	Adult Loa loa filarial worm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Infraorder:	Spiruromorpha
Superfamily:	Filarioidea; Chabaud & Anderson, 1959
Families
	Filariidae ; Mesidionematidae ; Onchocercidae ; Setariidae ;

The Filarioidea are a superfamily of highly specialised parasitic nematodes.^[2]^[3] Species within this superfamily are known as filarial worms or filariae (singular filaria). Infections with parasitic filarial worms cause disease conditions generically known as filariasis. Drugs against these worms are known as filaricides.

^ "Filarioidea". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ Filarioidea at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
^ "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". Retrieved 2009-05-21. Filarioidea
Taxonomy ID: 6295
Inherited blast name: nematodes
Rank: superfamily
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
genetic code: Translation table 5 (Invertebrate Mitochondrial)

[1] "Filarioidea". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

[2] Filarioidea at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

[urlwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov-3] "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". Retrieved 2009-05-21. Filarioidea
Taxonomy ID: 6295
Inherited blast name: nematodes
Rank: superfamily
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
genetic code: Translation table 5 (Invertebrate Mitochondrial)

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Filarioidea

Adult Loa loa filarial worm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Infraorder:	Spiruromorpha
Superfamily:	Filarioidea Chabaud & Anderson, 1959
Families^[1]
Filariidae Mesidionematidae Onchocercidae Setariidae