the early larval stage of certain parasitic nematodes (filariae), found in the blood of infected individuals
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Microfilariae have been reported in aspiration smears from various sites.
Arvind Ahuja, Presenjit Das, Prashant Durgapal, Ashish Saini, Prem Nath Dogra, SandeepR Mathur, Venkateswaran K Iyer 2012, 'Microfilaria in a patient of achylous hematuria: A rare finding in urine cytology',Journal of Cytologyhttp://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2012;volume=29;issue=2;spage=147;epage=148;aulast=Ahuja. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two types of microfilariae were distinguished but only one type of infective larvae.
Takaoka H., Choochote W., Aoki C., Fukuda M., Bain O. 2003, 'Black flies (Diptera : Simuliidae) attracted to humans and water buffalos and naturalinfections with filarial larvae, probably Onchocerca sp., in northern Thailand', Parasitehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2003101p3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The highest count of microfilariae was 659 per 20 mm3 blood sample.
Arbain Joesoef 2012, 'INFEKSI WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI DI SAUKOREM DAN WEFIANI KABUPATEN MANOKWARI, IRIAN JAYA',Bulletin of Health Researchhttp://ejournal.litbang.kemkes.go.id/index.php/BPK/article/view/136. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Skin dwelling microfilariae were mainly found in the ears.
Uni S., Bain O., Agatsuma T., Harada M., Torii H., Fukuda M., Takaoka H. 2007, 'Onchocerca eberhardi n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from sika deer in Japan; relationshipsbetween species parasitic in cervids and bovids in the Holarctic region', Parasitehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite2007143199. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pericardial tap revealed massive pericardial effusion with actively motile microfilariae.
Prasanthi K, Nagamani K, Saxena N 2010, 'Unresolving pericarditis: Suspect filariasis in the tropics', Indian Journal of Medical Microbiologyhttp://www.ijmm.org/article.asp?issn=0255-0857;year=2010;volume=28;issue=1;spage=73;epage=75;aulast=Prasanthi. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No individual examined was positive for the presence of microfilariae in the blood stream.
Rodolfo Luís Korte, Gilberto Fontes, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha Camargo, ElianaMaria Maurício da Rocha, Edicarlos André Cavalcante de Araújo, Marcelo Zagonel deOliveira, Rafael Vital dos Santos, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo 2013, 'Survey of Bancroftian filariasis infection in humans and Culex mosquitoes in the westernBrazilian Amazon region: implications for transmission and control', Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200214. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Blood films obtained from the patient after the operation were negative for microfilariae.
Moacir Boreli Tormes, Mário A. P. Moraes, Edson Magalhães Nunes, Ricieri Cisto Verderossi 1988, 'Caso incomum de filariose linfática mediastinal com estenose da artéria pulmonar',Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821988000100007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Besides peripheral blood smears, microfilariae have been described in aspirate smears from different sites.
Seth Ankit 2009, 'Microfilaruria in a patient of intermittent chyluria', Journal of Cytologyhttp://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2009;volume=26;issue=4;spage=151;epage=152;aulast=Seth. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)