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Brugia

Known as: Brugias 
A filarial worm of Southeast Asia, producing filariasis and elephantiasis in various mammals including man. It was formerly included in the genus… 
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FilariaFilariasisGenus WuchereriaMalayan filariasis

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2010
2010
Midgut Barrier Imparts Selective Resistance to Filarial Worm Infection in Culex pipiens pipiens
Mosquitoes in the Culex pipiens complex thrive in temperate and tropical regions worldwide, and serve as efficient vectors of… 
2000
2000
Crystal structure of the complex of brugia malayi cyclophilin and cyclosporin A.
The resistance of the human parasite Brugia malayi to the antiparasitic activity of cyclosporin A (CsA) may arise from the… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Molecular perspectives on the genetics of mosquitoes.
1991
1991
A Brugia species infecting rabbits in the northeastern United States.
Brugia sp. microfilariae were observed in more than 60% of wild rabbits collected on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The… 
1989
1989
Intracellular melanization in the mosquito Anopheles quadrimaculatus (Diptera: Culicidae) against the filarial nematodes, Brugia spp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea).
Intracellular melanization responses to developing larvae of Brugia species (B. malayi (Buckley), B. pahangi (Buckley and Edeson… 
1989
1989
Protective immunity against Brugia malayi infective larvae in mice. II. Induction by a T cell-dependent antigen isolated by monoclonal antibody affinity chromatography and SDS-PAGE.
A mAb directed against filarial worm secretory/excretory product and reactive with Brugia malayi larval worm surface was used in… 
1985
1985
Specificity of surface molecules of adult Brugia parasites: cross-reactivity with antibody from Wuchereria, Onchocerca and other human filarial infections.
The extent of structural and immunological similarity between surface antigens of three species of Brugia filarial parasites was… 
1984
1984
Differentiation of species and life cycle stages of Brugia spp. by isoenzyme analysis.
The isoenzyme patterns of glucose phosphate isomerase and phosphoglucomutase of 3 species of Brugia, B. pahangi, subperiodic B… 
1977
1977
Brugia-like filarial infection acquired in the United States.
A mature male filarial worm was found in sections of an enlarged, painful retroauricular lymph node removed from an 18-year-old… 
1977
1977
A new system of testing for filaricidal activity using transplanted adult brugia in the jird.
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