The Parasitology interviews, Part 5
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#48T8B)
Filarial worms are long thread like worms that live in the tissue and body cavities of vertebrates. Their eggs mature into tiny larvae called microfilariae. There are at least eight filarids that are of importance to humans with Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi being the most common. Transmitted by the bite of the tsetse flu ["]
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