A Brugia Species Infecting Rabbits in the Northeastern United States

1991/10/01 by Mark L. Eberhard, Sam R. Telford, Sam R. Telford III +1 · 3 citations
Medicine · Veterinary · #Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment #Infectious Diseases and Mycology

paper · doi:10.2307/3282722

Abstract

Brugia sp. microfilariae were observed in more than 60% of wild rabbits collected on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The microfilariae measured 294-344 microns in length and had the characteristic subterminal and terminal nuclei observed in other Brugia microfilariae. The microfilaria is similar to those described for Brugia leporis in rabbits in Louisiana. This may be the Brugia species responsible for 21 documented cases of human infection in the northeastern United States.

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