| vector and reservoir host of a case of human brugia pahangi infection in selangor, peninsular malaysia. | a case of human eye infection caused by brugia pahangi was reported in 2010 in a semi rural village in selangor, peninsular malaysia. our report here reveals results of investigation on the vector and animal host for the transmission of the infection. we conducted entomological survey and cat blood examination in the vicinity of the patient's home. the mosquito species armigeres subalbatus was incriminated as the vector, whereas cat served as the reservoir host. | 2013 | 24522144 |
| zoonotic brugia pahangi filariasis in a suburbia of kuala lumpur city, malaysia. | five local malaysian patients with clinical manifestations consistent with lymphatic filariasis were referred to our medical centre between 2003 and 2006. although no microfilariae (mf) were detected in their nocturnal blood samples, all were diagnosed to have lymphatic filariasis on the basis of clinical findings and positive serology results. pcr on their blood samples revealed that two of the patients were infected with brugia pahangi, an animal filarial worm hitherto not known to cause human ... | 2010 | 20951228 |
| detection of circulating antigens and parasite specific antibodies in filariasis. | in peninsular malaysia, only wuchereria bancrofti and brugia malayi are reported to cause human filariasis. brugia pahangi infects many of the same animal hosts as the zoonotically transmitted subperiodic b. malayi. there is a well-recognized need for improved diagnostic techniques for lymphatic filariasis. parasite antigen detection is a promising new approach, and it will probably prove to be more sensitive and specific than clinical, microscopic and antibody-based serological methods. we rece ... | 1993 | 7973943 |