Millardia meltada, a new host for Acanthocheilonema viteae and a simple technique for separation of microfilariae from peripheral blood |
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Authors: | Hiroko Sugaya Kentaro Yoshimura and Kimiyuki Tsuchiya |
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Institution: | * Department of Parasitology, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo, Akita 010, Japan ? Experimental Animal Center, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-16, Japan |
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1992. Millardia meltada, a new host for Acanthocheilonema viteae and a simple technique for separation of microfilariae from peripheral blood. International Journal for Parasitology 22: 1165–1168. Millardia meltada were infected with Acanthocheilonema viteae and examined for their susceptibility. The morbidity of infected M. meltada was low compared with that of jirds. On day 47 post-infection (p.i.), 13 of 14 M. meltada developed microfilaremia. Male M. meltada then showed gradually increasing microfilaremia with a peak level of 7000 per 30 μl blood at week 20 p.i., which was much higher than that (3000) of male jirds. In contrast, microfilarial densities of female M. meltada were markedly low with a peak level of 200 during weeks 10–12 p.i. A simple centrifugation technique with Lympholyte-M was devised for microfilarial separation from the peripheral blood of infected M. meltada and yielded approximately 17 × 105 viable microfilariae from 1 ml of blood. This method also makes it possible to collect microfilariae from the same individuals repeatedly. M. meltada, coupled with this microfilarial separation technique, serves as a useful animal model for microfilarial studies of A. viteae. |
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Keywords: | Acanthocheilonema viteae Millardia meltada susceptibility to infection microfilaremia Lympholyte-M |
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