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A novel assay to isolate and quantify third-stage Dirofilaria immitis and Brugia malayi larvae emerging from individual Aedes aegypti

BACKGROUND: Mosquitoes transmit filarial nematodes to both human and animal hosts, with worldwide health and economic consequences. Transmission to a vertebrate host requires that ingested microfilariae develop into infective third-stage larvae capable of emerging from the mosquito proboscis onto th...

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Autores principales: McCrea, Abigail R., Edgerton, Elizabeth B., Oliver, Genevieve T., O’Neill, Fiona M., Nolan, Thomas J., Lok, James B., Povelones, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7789620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33413579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04529-w