The transmission of Wuchereria malayi from man to the domestic cat
Authors:
- R.H. WhartonRWR.H. Wharton
- 1 July 1957
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 51 (4) , 366-370
Abstract
1. (1) The successful transmission of Wuchereria malayi from man to the domestic cat by direct inoculation of infective larvae is described. 2. (2) The pre-patent periods in the five cats infected were 80, 81, 81, 82 and 96 days. 3. (3) The microfilariae were apparently indistinguishable from those of the human donors, and they developed normally in the vector mosquitoes. 4. (4) Adult worms corresponding to the description of W. malayi were recovered from two of the cats. 5. (5) The possible implications are discussed.Keywords
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