| brugia timori: experimental infection in some laboratory animals. | experimental infection with brugia timori of 7 jirds (merionesunguiculatus), 4 cats and 2 monkeys (macaca fascicularis) is described. although no microfilariae were detected by examining 20 microliter samples of tail blood of jirds, adult worms were recovered from 6 of the 7 jirds at autopsy 69-141 days following infection. some worms were gravid and microfilariae were found in visceral blood of 2 animals. the adult recovery rate in jirds was 16%; the male to female ratio was 1:3. in cats patent ... | 1977 | 918709 |