Cass County UGRR Wax Museum (late May/early June) â Sam Adams Elementary School students portray local, state and national characters of the UGRR, staged in the Bonine House. www.urscc.org/waxmuseum; Underground Railroad Days (2nd weekend in July) â URSCC partners with the Village of Vandalia to celebrate the legacy of the UGRR in the area.
Definition of FASCIOLIASIS. : infestation with or disease caused by liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica or F. gigantica). ADVERTISEMENT.
Filariasis (or philariasis) is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type.These are spread by blood-feeding black flies and mosquitoes. This disease belongs to the group of diseases called helminthiasis.Eight known filarial nematodes use humans as their definitive hosts. Lymphatic filariasis is caused by the worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori. 2  These worms occupy the lymphatic system, including the lymph nodes; in chronic cases, these worms lead to the disease elephantiasis.