Publications

[development of the filaria litomosoides galizai in the acarian vector].	l. galizai develops in the gamasid b. bacoti in 11 days at 28 degrees c. molts i and ii take place respectively 5 and 7 days after feeding. the development is studied in the adult female mites; as for the laboratory filaria l. sigmodontis, the interstitial tissue is the main parasitized organ; microfilariae penetrate in the two cell types which constitute it: adipose cells and secretory cells (these secretory cells are described here for the first time). the filariae develop also in the salivary ...	1989	2624377
the filaria litomosoides galizai in mites; microfilarial distribution in the host and regulation of the transmission.	the mites, bdellonyssus bacoti, are engorged on rodents having 800 to 60,000 microfilarie/10 mm3 blood. quantitation of l. galizai larval development shows that an additional blood meal improves development and that high microfilaremiae do not result in a proportional increase in the number of infective larvae. the first important stage of transmission regulation occurs during ingestion of microfilariae: the numbers of ingested microfilariae are lower than expected in cases of high microfilaremi ...	1990	2085265
rapid delineation of closely-related filarial parasites using genetic markers in spacer rdna.	two closely-related species of filarial parasite, litomosoides galizai and l. sigmodontis, were characterised using a polymerase chain reaction-linked restriction fragment length polymorphism (pcr-rflp) technique. the rdna region spanning the first and second internal transcribed spacers as well as the 5.8s gene (its+) was amplified by pcr from each of the species using conserved primers to the 18s and 28s ribosomal genes, digested separately with a range of restriction endonucleases and the fra ...	1996	9025982
identification and ultrastructural characterization of the wolbachia symbiont in litomosoides chagasfilhoi.	filarial nematodes are arthropod-transmitted parasites of vertebrates that affect more than 150 million people around the world and remain a major public health problem throughout tropical and subtropical regions. despite the importance of these nematodes, the current treatment strategies are not efficient in eliminating the parasite. the main strategy of control is based on chemotherapy with diethylcarbamazine, albendazole and ivermectin. in the 1970s, it was found that some filarids possess en ...	2015	25649218