Brugia malayi
"Brugia malayi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic nematode causing Malayan filariasis and having a distribution centering roughly on the Malay peninsula. The life cycle of B. malayi is similar to that of WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI, except that in most areas the principal mosquito vectors belong to the genus Mansonia.
| Descriptor ID |
D017178
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.700.750.700.300.088.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Brugia malayi- Brugia malayi
- Brugia malayus
- malayi, Brugia
- malayus, Brugia
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brugia malayi" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Venugopal G, O'Regan NL, Babu S, Schumann RR, Srikantam A, Merle R, Hartmann S, Steinfelder S. Association of a PD-L2 Gene Polymorphism with Chronic Lymphatic Filariasis in a South Indian Cohort. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 02; 100(2):344-350.
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Venugopal G, Mueller M, Hartmann S, Steinfelder S. Differential immunomodulation in human monocytes versus macrophages by filarial cystatin. PLoS One. 2017; 12(11):e0188138.