Filarioidea

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Dirofilaria striata infection in a North Carolina child. 
  • Onchocercal dermatitis: ultrastructural studies of microfilariae and host tissues, before and after treatment with diethylcarbamazine (Hetrazan). 
  • Oxidative activities in mitochondria-like particles from Setaria digitata, a filarial parasite. 
  • Phylogeny of Wolbachia pipientis based on gltA, groEL and ftsZ gene sequences: clustering of arthropod and nematode symbionts in the F supergroup, and evidence for further diversity in the Wolbachia tree.