Brugia malayi
E94627
Brugia malayi is a parasitic roundworm that infects humans and causes lymphatic filariasis, a tropical disease characterized by swelling and damage to the lymphatic system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brugia malayi canonical | 4 |
| Brugia | 1 |
| BrugiaMalayi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T776144 — 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: Brugia malayi Context triple: [Nematoda, includesTaxon, Brugia malayi]
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A.
Wuchereria bancrofti
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
- 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: Brugia malayi Target entity description: Brugia malayi is a parasitic roundworm that infects humans and causes lymphatic filariasis, a tropical disease characterized by swelling and damage to the lymphatic system.
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A.
Wuchereria bancrofti
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Nematoda
Nematoda is a diverse phylum of elongated, unsegmented roundworms found in nearly every habitat on Earth, many of which are important parasites of plants, animals, and humans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
filarial worm
ⓘ
nematode ⓘ parasitic roundworm ⓘ |
| adultHabitat |
lymph nodes
ⓘ
lymphatic vessels ⓘ |
| causes | lymphatic filariasis ⓘ |
| clinicalManifestation |
elephantiasis
ⓘ
hydrocele ⓘ lymphedema ⓘ |
| controlStrategy |
mass drug administration
ⓘ
mosquito control ⓘ |
| definitiveHost | human ⓘ |
| diagnosisMethod |
PCR-based assays
ⓘ
antigen detection tests ⓘ detection of microfilariae in blood ⓘ |
| diseaseType | neglected tropical disease agent ⓘ |
| family | Onchocercidae ⓘ |
| genomeSequenced | true ⓘ |
| genomeSize | approximately 90 megabases ⓘ |
| genomeType | linear DNA ⓘ |
| genus |
Brugia malayi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Brugia
|
| geographicDistribution |
China
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India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| infects |
humans
ⓘ
mosquito vectors ⓘ |
| intermediateHost | mosquito ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
L3 infective larva
ⓘ
adult worm ⓘ microfilaria ⓘ |
| phylum | Nematoda ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Brugia timori
ⓘ
Wuchereria bancrofti ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexually reproducing ⓘ |
| sex | dioecious ⓘ |
| targetSystem | lymphatic system ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionPattern | rural areas with mosquito breeding sites ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute | mosquito bite ⓘ |
| treatment |
albendazole
ⓘ
diethylcarbamazine ⓘ ivermectin ⓘ |
| vector |
Aedes aegypti mosquito
ⓘ
surface form:
Aedes mosquitoes
Anopheles mosquitoes ⓘ Mansonia 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: Brugia malayi Description of subject: Brugia malayi is a parasitic roundworm that infects humans and causes lymphatic filariasis, a tropical disease characterized by swelling and damage to the lymphatic system.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Brugia
this entity surface form:
BrugiaMalayi
subject surface form:
Anopheles