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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 33(1), 1984, pp. 65-69
Copyright © 1984 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Enzootic Brugia Infection in a Two-Year-Old Colombian Girl*

Wieslaw J. Kozek, Marco Antonio Reyes, Jorge Ehrman, Fanny Garrido AND Marco Nieto
The International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Apartado Aereo 5390, Cali, Colombia, and Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Division of Health, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Mature male and female filarial worms were present in a lymphatic vessel near a retro-auricular lymph node removed from a 2-year old Colombian girl. Although apparently mature microfilariae were present in the uterus of the female, none was detected in blood samples (Knott's) of peripheral blood taken during day or night. The identification of the worms as a species of Brugia is suggested by their location in a dilated lymphatic vessel, morphology of adults, and the distribution pattern of tail nuclei of the microfilariae. This case is similar to another Colombian case reported from the Departamento del Santander del Sur, and suggests that zoonotic filarial infections may not be uncommon in Colombia.

Accepted for publication July 8, 1983.


* Supported by Program Project Grant AI 16135-02 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.






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