Behaviour of filariae: morphological and anatomical signatures of their life style within the arthropod and vertebrate hosts.

ABSTRACT: This paper attempts to pinpoint the most original morphological anatomical features of the biology of filariae per se and those which are or could be important for triggering regulatory processes in the arthropod vector and uncontrolled pathogenic processes in the vertebrate hosts. The following stages are considered: the motile egg or newly-hatched larva, the microfilaria, in the lymphatic or blood vessels of its vertebrate host; the larva, its migrations and its intrasyncitial development in the hematophagous arthropod subverted as vector; its transfer to the vertebrate host, migratory properties through the lymphatic system, maturation, mating and, finally, egg laying in the tissues they reach. This synthesis is based on parasite morphological features and their functional interpretatio

SUBMITTER: Bain O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC305371 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature