The microfilaria (plural microfilariae, sometimes abbreviated mf) is an early stage in the life cycle of certain parasitic nematodes in the family Onchocercidae...

technique allows examination of larval motion, confirming the presence of microfilaria. It also helps in the distinction of D. immitis from Acanthocheilonema...

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...

humans. These are ingested by mosquitoes when they bite. The ingested microfilaria mature and eventually migrate to the insect proboscis from where they...

host the microfilaria can develop further till the vector conveys it to another definitive host. In the new definitive host the microfilaria complete...

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...

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,...

plerocercoid Annelida nectochaete, polytroch Nematoda Dauer larva, microfilaria Sipuncula pelagosphera larva Ectoprocta cyphonautes, vesiculariform larvae...

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...

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...

have over 30,000 microfilaria per milliliter of blood risk inflammation and capillary blockage due to the rapid death of the microfilaria following ivermectin...

ability to transmit (tropical) diseases, and Sycorax silacea can transmit microfilaria. Inhalation of insect fragments may cause respiratory asthma. This family...

Dennis DT, Partono F (December 1977). "The microfilaria of Brugia timori (Partono et al. 1977 = Timor microfilaria, David and Edeson, 1964): morphologic description...

Microfilaria in blood smear...

filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production". Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 192 (4): 211–6. doi:10...

similar or closely related to another filarial roundworm then named Microfilaria bancrofti (now Wuchereria bancrofti), described by an English naturalist...

worms mate and the females produce an average of 10,000 sheathed eggs (microfilaria) daily The microfilariae enter the blood stream and exhibit nocturnal...

sensitivity of different Diagnostic techniques for the detection of microfilaria" (PDF). Veterinary World. 8: 229–232. Merck, Melinda D.; Miller, Doris...

the disease from other animals rather than from intraspecifics. The microfilaria of Dipetalonema dracuneuloides have been recorded in spotted hyenas in...

filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production". Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 192 (4): 211–216. doi:10...

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...

introduction of microorganisms into the host, such as bacteria, viruses, microfilaria, fungus and protozoa. Saladin, Kenneth S.; Miller, Leslie (2004). "18"...

cactus wrens showed that a common parasite is Avifilaris (a type of microfilaria parasitic worm), which are spread by biting insects. Little is known...

filariasis-depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production". Medical Microbiology and Immunology. 192 (4): 211–216. doi:10...

onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis. It should be distinguished from Microfilaria semiclarum (a parasite of animals which sometimes causes accidental infections...

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...

invade the epithelial cells before the matrix is excreted. Many helminth microfilaria and arboviruses (arthropod borne viruses) are transmitted to the mosquito...

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...

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...

Samarawickrema. "Efficacy of a single dose treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria carriers with diethylcarbamazine in Matara, Sri Lanka." The Ceylon Medical...