microfilaria
Americannoun
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microfilariae
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of microfilaria
From New Latin, dating back to 1875–80; see origin at micro-, filaria
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"The microfilaria are just scattered throughout their brains, and even though the damage from each is miniscule, they're basically shot-gunning the whole brain," said Kyle Taylor, a pathologist at WSU's Washington Animal Disease Diagnostics Laboratory.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
"We hypothesize the cumulative effects of large numbers of microfilariae in the brain may be associated with increased morbidity or chance of mortality, with mortality more likely in cases with larger numbers of worms."
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Nine of the infected not only had adult worms in their major arteries but their brains were littered with microfilariae, the microscopic early life stage of the worm.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
His team is exploring an alternative strategy in which it monitors the extent to which treatment clears microfilariae from the bloodstream of infected dogs.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
“Some of these dogs continue to have microfilariae swimming around being bathed in the drug, and those microfilariae can live for years,” he explains.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
Once ensconced there, the adult worms release early-stage larvae known as microfilariae into circulation.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
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