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hi can filariasisn be caught from an infected person

 
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hi can filariasisn be caught from an infected person

 

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Filiarisis cannot be transmitted directly by, say, touching an infected person or breathing the same air, or them coughing on you, etc. However, theoretically, it could be transmitted if a black fly or mosquito that just bit the infected person then went and bit you. Hence, it would have to come from an infected fly. I hope this answers your question.

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