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The morphological characters of the microfilaria of Brugia malayi collected in Cheju-Do, Korea were described and compared with those or other local strains, already reported from the Malay Archipelago(Brug, 1927),...
A series of 250 patients with filariasis due to periodic type of Brugia malayi was selected for the mass treatment with diethylcarbamazine from two areas in Cheju-Do. Two types of...
A survey of canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infections among German
shepherds in five areas of South Korea was performed from October 1994 to August
1995 using a microfilarial test (modified...
Filarial adult were found in the intermuscular connective tissue of the peritracheal and mandibular region of the Taiwan monkey(Macaca cyclopis). The microfilariae in the peripheral blood demonstrated a marked nocturnal...
Cho YU, Sung H, Lee HJ, Kim JH, Seog W, Park HS, Jeong TE, Lee YH
KMID: 2238991
Korean J Lab Med.
2005 Feb;25(1):20-23.
The Brugian filariasis in Korea was once endemic in several areas including Jeju-do and small remote islands located in the southwestern part of the Korean peninsula. But recently it has...
The genus Onchocerca has received much attention due to the medical and veterinary importance of certain species within the genus. Recently, additional interest on onchocerciasis of domestic animals has been...
The periodicity of the microfilariae of Brugia malayi was studied in 9 human carriers from Shin-san Ri, Seong-san Myon, Cheju Island. The periodicity pattern was markedly nocturnal and the peaks...
In filariasis the infectivity of the appropriate mosquito vector is not consistent with the microfilarial density of the host. The reason may be attributed such factors as the time of...