"Microfilariae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The prelarval stage of Filarioidea found in the blood and tissues of mammals, birds and intermediate hosts (vector).
| Descriptor ID |
D008842
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.937.463.470 B05.525
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| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microfilariae" by people in Profiles.
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Ehrens A, Lenz B, Nieto-P?rez C, Latz E, Schmidt FI, Hoerauf A, H?bner MP. Litomosoides sigmodontis microfilariae-induced eosinophil ETosis is dependent on the canonical inflammasome pathway. Cell Rep. 2025 Jan 28; 44(1):115164.
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Zhao Y, Alexander B, Bailey JA, Welch L, Greene M, Vauthrin M, Mitchell M, Weinstein R. Therapeutic apheresis using a mononuclear cell program to lower the microfilaria burden of a 23-year-old African woman with loiasis. J Clin Apher. 2017 Jun; 32(3):200-202.
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Simonsen PE, Bernhard P, Jaoko WG, Meyrowitsch DW, Malecela-Lazaro MN, Magnussen P, Michael E. Filaria dance sign and subclinical hydrocoele in two east African communities with bancroftian filariasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Nov-Dec; 96(6):649-53.
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Rajan TV, Nelson FK, Cupp E, Schultz LD, Greiner DL. Survival of Onchocerca volvulus in nodules implanted in immunodeficient rodents. J Parasitol. 1992 Feb; 78(1):160-3.