Wuchereria bancrofti
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Wuchereria bancrofti is a parasitic filarial nematode that infects the human lymphatic system and is the primary cause of lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wuchereria bancrofti canonical | 7 |
| Wuchereria | 2 |
| WuchereriaBancrofti | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T776143 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wuchereria bancrofti Context triple: [Nematoda, includesTaxon, Wuchereria bancrofti]
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A.
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm that infects the human intestine and is a common cause of ascariasis worldwide.
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B.
Enterobius vermicularis
Enterobius vermicularis is a small parasitic pinworm that commonly infects the human intestine, especially in children, causing enterobiasis characterized by perianal itching.
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C.
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne incognita is a highly destructive root-knot nematode species that parasitizes a wide range of crops, causing characteristic root galls and significant agricultural yield losses worldwide.
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D.
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
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E.
Eulipoa wallacei
Eulipoa wallacei, commonly known as Wallace's scrubfowl or Moluccan megapode, is a ground-dwelling bird from Indonesia that incubates its eggs in warm sand or soil using geothermal or solar heat instead of brooding them.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wuchereria bancrofti Target entity description: Wuchereria bancrofti is a parasitic filarial nematode that infects the human lymphatic system and is the primary cause of lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) worldwide.
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A.
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm that infects the human intestine and is a common cause of ascariasis worldwide.
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B.
Enterobius vermicularis
Enterobius vermicularis is a small parasitic pinworm that commonly infects the human intestine, especially in children, causing enterobiasis characterized by perianal itching.
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C.
Meloidogyne incognita
Meloidogyne incognita is a highly destructive root-knot nematode species that parasitizes a wide range of crops, causing characteristic root galls and significant agricultural yield losses worldwide.
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D.
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis is a highly virulent bacterium responsible for plague, including the historic pandemics of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic forms.
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E.
Eulipoa wallacei
Eulipoa wallacei, commonly known as Wallace's scrubfowl or Moluccan megapode, is a ground-dwelling bird from Indonesia that incubates its eggs in warm sand or soil using geothermal or solar heat instead of brooding them.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
filarial worm
ⓘ
parasitic nematode ⓘ roundworm ⓘ species ⓘ |
| adultHabitat |
human lymph nodes
ⓘ
human lymphatic vessels ⓘ |
| causes |
elephantiasis
ⓘ
lymphatic filariasis ⓘ |
| class | Secernentea ⓘ |
| controlStrategy |
mass drug administration
ⓘ
mosquito control ⓘ |
| describedBy | Joseph Bancroft ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Otto Wucherer ⓘ |
| diseaseType | neglected tropical disease agent ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukarya
ⓘ
surface form:
Eukaryota
|
| drugSusceptibleTo |
albendazole
ⓘ
diethylcarbamazine ⓘ ivermectin ⓘ |
| endemicIn |
Pacific Islands
ⓘ
parts of Africa ⓘ parts of Asia ⓘ parts of the Americas ⓘ subtropical regions ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| family | Onchocercidae ⓘ |
| genus |
Wuchereria bancrofti
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Wuchereria
|
| host | Homo sapiens ⓘ |
| infects | human lymphatic system ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
L1 larva
ⓘ
L2 larva ⓘ L3 infective larva ⓘ adult worm ⓘ microfilaria ⓘ |
| microfilariaeCirculateIn | peripheral blood ⓘ |
| microfilariaePeriodicity | nocturnal ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Otto Wucherer ⓘ |
| order | Spirurida ⓘ |
| pathology |
chyluria
ⓘ
hydrocele ⓘ lymphatic obstruction ⓘ lymphedema ⓘ |
| phylum | Nematoda ⓘ |
| primaryCauseOf | lymphatic filariasis worldwide ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionCycle | human–mosquito–human ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute | mosquito bite ⓘ |
| vector |
Aedes mosquitoes
ⓘ
Anopheles mosquitoes ⓘ Culex mosquitoes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Wuchereria bancrofti Description of subject: Wuchereria bancrofti is a parasitic filarial nematode that infects the human lymphatic system and is the primary cause of lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) worldwide.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wuchereria
this entity surface form:
Wuchereria
this entity surface form:
WuchereriaBancrofti
subject surface form:
Culex
subject surface form:
Anopheles
subject surface form:
Mansonia