The microfilaria (plural microfilariae, sometimes abbreviated mf) is an early stage in the life cycle of certain parasitic nematodes in the family Onchocercidae...
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technique allows examination of larval motion, confirming the presence of microfilaria. It also helps in the distinction of D. immitis from Acanthocheilonema...
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microfilariae while feeding on the host's blood. Once inside the vector, the microfilaria sheds its sheaths and escapes through the walls of the midgut into the...
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fly takes a blood meal on an infected human host, and ingests microfilaria. The microfilaria enter the gut and thoracic flight muscles of the black fly,...
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ovoviviparous and can produce thousands of juveniles known as microfilariae. The microfilaria is a miniature adult, and retains the egg membrane as a sheath, and is...
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humans. These are ingested by mosquitoes when they bite. The ingested microfilaria mature and eventually migrate to the insect proboscis from where they...
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host the microfilaria can develop further till the vector conveys it to another definitive host. In the new definitive host the microfilaria complete...
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patients with a low microfilaria load (with densities less than 8000 mf/mL).[citation needed] In patients with high microfilaria load and/or the possibility...
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plerocercoid Annelida nectochaete, polytroch Nematoda Dauer larva, microfilaria Sipuncula pelagosphera larva Ectoprocta cyphonautes, vesiculariform larvae...
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have over 30,000 microfilaria per milliliter of blood risk inflammation and capillary blockage due to the rapid death of the microfilaria following ivermectin...
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patch is placed on the skin, and if the patient is infected with the microfilaria of O. volvulus, localized pruritus and urticaria are seen at the application...
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ability to transmit (tropical) diseases, and Sycorax silacea can transmit microfilaria. Inhalation of insect fragments may cause respiratory asthma. This family...
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filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production". Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 192 (4): 211–6. doi:10...
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Dennis DT, Partono F (December 1977). "The microfilaria of Brugia timori (Partono et al. 1977 = Timor microfilaria, David and Edeson, 1964): morphologic description...
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similar or closely related to another filarial roundworm then named Microfilaria bancrofti (now Wuchereria bancrofti), described by an English naturalist...
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worms mate and the females produce an average of 10,000 sheathed eggs (microfilaria) daily The microfilariae enter the blood stream and exhibit nocturnal...
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filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production". Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 192 (4): 211–216. doi:10...
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the disease from other animals rather than from intraspecifics. The microfilaria of Dipetalonema dracuneuloides have been recorded in spotted hyenas in...
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sensitivity of different Diagnostic techniques for the detection of microfilaria" (PDF). Veterinary World. 8: 229–232. Merck, Melinda D.; Miller, Doris...
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Samarawickrema. "Efficacy of a single dose treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria carriers with diethylcarbamazine in Matara, Sri Lanka." The Ceylon Medical...
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PMC 2189850. PMID 1092795. Tham, MH; Hall, IB (July 1971). "Impacted microfilaria in the lens capsule". The British Journal of Ophthalmology. 55 (7): 484–6...
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introduction of microorganisms into the host, such as bacteria, viruses, microfilaria, fungus and protozoa. Saladin, Kenneth S.; Miller, Leslie (2004). "18"...
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cactus wrens showed that a common parasite is Avifilaris (a type of microfilaria parasitic worm), which are spread by biting insects. Little is known...
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anakuma) was found to be the subcutaneous connective tissue, whereas the microfilaria was found in the skin. Data taken from the Genbank of fourteen species...
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invade the epithelial cells before the matrix is excreted. Many helminth microfilaria and arboviruses (arthropod borne viruses) are transmitted to the mosquito...
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filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production". Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 192 (4): 211–216. doi:10...
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onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. It should be distinguished from Microfilaria semiclarum (a parasite of animals which sometimes causes accidental infections...
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dogs is transmitted by species of Culex and Aedes. See photograph of microfilaria stage of Dirofilaria immitus in blood of dog; adult worms in dog's heart...
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In an experiment done by Knott, 2% of the nematodes he collected had microfilaria that was about 280 μm long. The adults and larvae are found in the lymphatic...
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