Filariasis
络丝虫───Filariasis
Filariasis not only disfigures, it also disables."───丝虫病并不仅仅只意味着丑陋,它还意味着残疾。
Filariasis is difficult to treat, but easy to prevent.───丝虫病很难医治,但是很容易预防。
Lymphatic filariasis isn't limited to Guyana.───淋巴丝虫病并不仅仅只限于圭亚那。
But it wasn't administered on a large scale until the 1970s, when China began using it as part of a campaign to eliminate filariasis.───但是直到上世纪70年代,这种方法才得到了大规模使用。当时中国使用了这种方法消灭丝虫病。
Lymphatic filariasis, commonly known as elephantiasis, is a neglected tropical disease.───淋巴丝虫病,俗称象皮病,是一种被忽视的热带疾病。
People used to think filariasis was hereditary, Butts says.───巴特斯说以前人们认为丝虫病是遗传性的。