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Genus Wuchereria

Known as: Wuchereria, Wuchererias 
A genus of parasitic filarial nematodes in the family Onchocercidae that mainly affects humans in warm climates. The adult forms live chiefly in… 
National Institutes of Health

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BrugiaCDISC SDTM Microorganism TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyFilaria

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Filaria bancrofti

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Filarioidea

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2008
2008
Expression of defensin, cecropin, and transferrin in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) infected with Wuchereria bancrofti (Spirurida: Onchocercidae), and the abnormal development of nematodes in the…
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Development and standardization of a rapid, PCR-based method for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in mosquitoes, for xenomonitoring the human prevalence of bancroftian filariasis.
PCR has recently been studied as a promising tool for monitoring the progress of efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis. PCR… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The FAR proteins of filarial nematodes: secretion, glycosylation and lipid binding characteristics.
1989
1989
Annual transmission potential of bancroftian filariasis in an urban and a rural area of West Bengal, India.
The annual transmission potential of Wuchereria bancrofti was calculated from the number of infective larvae found in the number… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Ingestion and development of Wuchereria bancrofti in Culex quinquefasciatus, Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti after feeding on humans with varying densities of microfilariae in Tanzania.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
THE INFLUENCE OF THE GENE FM (FILARIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY, BRUGIA MALAYI) ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF AEDES AEGYPTI TO SEVEN STRAINS OF BRUGIA, WUCHERERIA AND DIROFILARIA.
1957
1957
Studies on filariasis in Malaya: the efficiency of Mansonia longipalpis as an experimental vector of Wuchereria malayi.
1957
1957
Studies on filariasis in Malaya: observations on the development of Wuchereria malayi in Mansonia (Mansonioides) longipalpis.
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
On the Adult Morphology of Wuchereria sp. (malayi?) from a Monkey (Macaca irus) and from Cats in Malaya, and on Wuchereria pahangi n.sp. from a Dog and a Cat
Adult specimens or parts of specimens of Wuchereria were recovered from the lymphatic systems of a Kra monkey (Macaca irus) (1… 
1951
1951
The periodicity of microfilariae. VI. The response of microfilariae of Wuchereria malayi and W. bancrofti, Pacific type, to various stimuli.
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