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Descriptor
English
:
Brugia malayi
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Brugia Malayi
Descriptor
Portuguese
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Brugia Malayi
Tree Number:
B01.500.500.294.700.750.700.300.088.500
Definition
English
:
A species of parasitic nematode causing Malayan
filariasis
and having a distribution centering roughly on the Malay peninsula. The
life
cycle of B. malayi is
similar
to that of
WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI
, except that in most areas the principal mosquito vectors belong to the genus Mansonia.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
infection: coord IM with
FILARIASIS
(IM) or if with possible lymphatic involvement,
ELEPHANTIASIS
, FILARIAL (IM); coord with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent; /drug eff: consider
FILARICIDES
History Note
English
:
93
Allowable Qualifiers
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drug effects
embryology
enzymology
growth & development
genetics
immunology
isolation & purification
metabolism
microbiology
physiology
parasitology
pathogenicity
radiation effects
ultrastructure
virology
Record Number:
30805
Unique Identifier:
D017178
Occurrence in VHL
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