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Wuchereria bancrofti

Classification

Wuchereria [genus] (1)
bancrofti [species]

Classification

Wuchereria [genus] (1)
bancrofti [species]

Presence

Recorded on Curaçao
Presence status Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
Notes on presence status Wuchereria bancrofti is a filarial (arthropod-borne) nematode (roundworm) that is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis.

Publication

    Sar, A. van der 1962. Sur l'etiologie de l'eosinophilie tropicale a Curacao. Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 55(4): 646-655.