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Brugia-type microfilariae in the Madras tree shrew Anathana ellioti (Waterhouse)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

N. C. Nandi
Affiliation:
Zoological Survey of India, Kakdwip Field Station, Kakdwip-743347, 24-Parganas, West Bengal, India

Abstract

Brugia-type microfilariae were noted in a Madras tree shrew, Anathana ellioti (Waterhouse) from Andhra Pradesh, India. This is a new host record, the first report from the genus Anathana and the second report from the tree shrews.

Type
Research Note
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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