| 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 |
| armigeres subalbatus incriminated as a vector of zoonotic brugia pahangi filariasis in suburban kuala lumpur, peninsular malaysia. | in 2011, we reported occurrence of natural human infections with brugia pahangi, a filarial worm of dogs and cats, in a surburb of kuala lumpur, the capital city of malaysia. our preliminary entomological survey at that time suggested the mosquito species armigeres subalbatus as the vector of the zoonotic infections. in this present report, we provide biological evidence to confirm our preliminary finding. | 2013 | 23898840 |