now, prevented the confirmation of Manson's discovery, lie was able to prove that in a certain species of the culex genus of mosquito (Culex Ciliaris. Linn.) the metamorphosis of the filaria required seventy to twenty days for its accomplishment. The important difference between his results and those of Dr. Manson is, that whereas Manson stated that only seven days were required for the metamor...

TITOY, G.A.P. & SCHWAN, E.V. 1994. Bile enhances the infectivity of third stage larvae of Dictyocaulus filaria. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 61:395-396 Incubating metacyclic larvae of Dictyocaulus filaria in ovine bile solution prior to per os infection significantly enhanced their infectivity to sheep. INTRODUCTION Although there are several reports on the effect of bile on th...

adenylate kinases (adk) are ubiquitous enzymes that contribute to the homeostasis of adeninenucleotides in living cells. in this study, the cloning of a cdna encoding an adenylate kinase from the filariaonchocerca volvulus has been described. using pcr technique, a 281 bp cdna fragment encoding part ofan adenylate kinase was isolated from an o. volvulus cdna library. use of this fragment as a p...

In this study, D. filaria causing parasitic bronchopneumonia in sheep was observed using a scanning electron microscope. This parasite belongs to the Trichostrongyloidea super family. The oral opening of D. filaria was observed to be small and circular in shape. Lips were not evident. Any difference between anterior ends of male and female parasites was not observed in present study. In the fem...

BACKGROUND Refugees may arrive for resettlement with asymptomatic parasitic infections, and eosinophilia may be the only clue to the presence of infection. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of eosinophilia and develop a standardized approach to the evaluation of asymptomatic refugees with eosinophilia. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of refugees seen from October 1998 through Ma...

A dot-ELISA for detection of microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti in an endemic area was developed. This test can differentiate the endemic normals from the microfilaraemic asymptomatic individuals. Antigens of molecular weight 130 and 52 kDa of the cattle filaria worm Setaria digitata were used for this test. It was observed that these two antigens were also present in the serum of asymptomat...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis using serum has been established but the utility of hydrocele fluid for the purpose is not exactly known. Since, hydrocele is a chronic form of the disease manifestation in a variety of situations and often poses difficulty in diagnosing its origin, we have evaluated the usefulness usage of hydrocele fluid for diagnosis of filarial origi...