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A description of adult Wuchereria bancrofti (rural strain) from an experimental infection in the long-tailed macaque, Macaca fascicularis (Syn. M. irus)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

A. S. Dissanaike  and
J. W. Mak
A. S. Dissanaike
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya and Division of Filariasis, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia
J. W. Mak
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya and Division of Filariasis, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia
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Abstract

Adult worms of the rural strain of Wuchereria bancrofti in Peninsular Malaysia obtained from a successful experimental transmission in an immunosuppressed Macaca fascicularis are described for the first time. Although the worms, especially females, were slightly smaller, they were similar in morphology to those of the periodic and non-periodic W. bancrofti previously described.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 117 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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