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All about Acanthocheilonemiasis: Causes, Symptoms, Complications, And Treatment

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  Dipetalonema or Acanthocheilonemiasis disease is typically a rare infection which is usually transmitted through the bites of tropical flies called A. Culicoides via parasites which are usually called Acanthocheilonema perstans. These parasites are usually found in Africa. Acanthocheilonema perstans comes under a group of parasitic diseases commonly called filarial diseases and also known as nematodes that can be considered as one of the most abundant multicellular animals on earth.These parasites are usually found in free-living species grounds where the parasites eat bacteria, fungi and other nematodes, and flies like A. coliroides will take their feed on open contaminated foods with parasites which typically transfers infection to the human body through their bite. Causes of Acanthocheilonemiasis Acanthocheilonemiasis or dipetalonema diseases comes under the group of infectious diseases which are typically caused by the third stage or adult “thread-like” worms usually known as...