infection⚑ High burden in India
Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
Tropical is characterized by cough, bronchospasm, , pain, and an enlarged . Occurring most frequently in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, TPE is a manifestation of , a caused by filarial that inhabit the lymphatic , nodes, spleen, and bloodstream. Three species of filarial roundworms, all from the Onchocercidae family, cause human lymphatic filariasis: Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori.
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