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On a haemotozoon inhabiting human blood. Its relation to chyluria and other diseases.

LEWIS, Timothy Richards (1841 – 1886) Wikipedia

Ann. Rep. sanit. Comm. India (1871), 8, Appendix E 241-60. 1871.

Independently of Demarquay (No. 5344.3) and Wucherer (No. 5344.6), Lewis found microfilariae in the urine and blood in chyluria. He was first to use the term Filaria sanguinis hominis for the parasite.

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COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › India INFECTIOUS DISEASE › DISEASES DUE TO METAZOAN PARASITES PARASITOLOGY › Helminths › Parasitic Worms › Filaria

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Entry Number	#5344.8
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