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Noticiar preliminar sobre vermes de uma especie ainda nao descripta, encontrados na urina de doentes de hematuria intertropical no Brazil.

WUCHERER, Otto Eduard Heinrich (1820 – 1873)

Gaz. med. Bahia, 3, 97-99. 1868.

In 1866 Wucherer saw the embryo form of the filaria worm. Later the name Wuchereria bancrofti was applied to it. English translation in Kean (No. 2268.1).

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Microbiology & Virology
Chemistry & Biochemistry

Subjects

COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Brazil INFECTIOUS DISEASE › DISEASES DUE TO METAZOAN PARASITES INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Mosquito-Borne Diseases › Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis)PARASITOLOGY › Helminths › Parasitic Worms › Filaria

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