Brugia

Brugia
B. malayi from blood smear using Giemsa stain.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Onchocercidae
Genus: Brugia
Buckley, 1960
Species

Brugia malayi
Brugia timori
Brugia pahangi
Brugia patei

Brugia is a genus for a group of small roundworms. They are among roundworms that cause the parasitic disease filariasis.[1] Specifically, of the three species known, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori cause lymphatic filariasis in humans; and Brugia pahangi and Brugia patei infect domestic cats, dogs and other animals.[2][3] They are transmitted by the bite of mosquitos.[4]

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  2. ^ Mak, JW; Navaratnam, V; Ramachandran, CP (1991). "Experimental chemotherapy of lymphatic filariasis. A review". Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 85 (1): 131–137. doi:10.1080/00034983.1991.11812539. PMID 1888210.
  3. ^ Vincent, Albert L.; Frommes, Stephen P.; Ash, Lawrence R. (1976). "Brugia malayi, Brugia pahangi, and Brugia patei: Pulmonary pathology in jirds, Meriones unguiculatus". Experimental Parasitology. 40 (3): 330–354. doi:10.1016/0014-4894(76)90100-4. PMID 976421.
  4. ^ Townson, H; Chaithong, U (1991). "Mosquito host influences on development of filariae". Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 85 (1): 149–163. doi:10.1080/00034983.1991.11812541. PMID 1888212.