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- noun Plural form of
microfilaria .
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Examples
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The eggs then mature into a threadlike state called microfilariae, before developing into larvae, which can then be picked up and handed on to other people when a black fly takes a blood meal.
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The offspring, known as microfilariae, migrate under the skin and cause intense itching.
Medindia Health News 2009
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"A high rate of repopulation of skin with microfilariae will allow parasite transmission, possibly with ivermectin-resistant O. volvulus which could eventually lead to recrudescence of the disease."
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The microfilariae are especially dangerous as they migrate to the surface of the cornea, causing eye infection and, eventually, blindness.
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Within three months, microfilariae populations had rebounded to between seven and 21 percent of their pre-treatment level, and within six months, this had reached 54 percent.
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In other communities, though, the microfilariae population was controlled as expected.
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Ivermectin remains as effective as ever in clearing microfilariae but is becoming less effective in tackling the adult worms, they fear.
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In four communities, they found that even though the ivermectin had wiped out 100 percent of microfilariae in 99 percent of the patients, the parasites swiftly bounced back.
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The asymptomatic form of infection is most often characterized by the presence in the blood of thousands or millions of larval parasites (microfilariae) and adult worms located in the lymphatic system.
Chapter 4 2000
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They live for 4-6 years, producing millions of immature microfilariae (minute larvae) that circulate in the blood.
Chapter 2 2000
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