ICD-11 definition : Infections with nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea; presence of living worms
in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous
inflammation and permanent fibrosis; organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild
elk and domestic sheep causing ischaemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis
of the face.;
Infections with nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea; presence of living worms
in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous
inflammation and permanent fibrosis; organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild
elk and domestic sheep causing ischaemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis
of the face.