| south american brugian filariasis: report of a human infection acquired in peru. | a 27-year-old white woman from new york city acquired an infection by a brugia species while she camped in the amazon basin of peru. she was infected by at least one adult male worm and one gravid female worm. both worms were intact and in a lymphatic vessel of a right cervical lymph node. the lymph node and surrounding fibroadipose tissue contained many microfilariae. the male worm was 50 micron wide and the female, 100 micron. both worms had thin (1 micron) cuticles with fine transverse striat ... | 1988 | 3407837 |