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Identification of some common infective filarial larvae in Malaysia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

P. K. F. Yen ,
V. Zaman  and
J. W. Mak
P. K. F. Yen
Affiliation:
Filariasis Research Division, Institute for Medical Research, Pahang Road, Kuala Lumpur 02–14
V. Zaman
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore
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Abstract

Infective larvae of Wuchereria, Brugia, Breinlia, Dirofilaria and Setaria species from an experimental vector, Aedes togoi, are compared. The distinctive bubble-like caudal papillae of Wuchereria bancrofti are readily distinguishable from the protuberant ones of Brugia spp; the ‘ear-like’ papillae of Breinlia are distinct from the ‘knob-like’ ones of Dirofilaria or the ‘thorn-like’ terminal papilla of Setaria.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , March 1982 , pp. 69 - 79
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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