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| Content | <p align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Brugia beaveri</b></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Ash and Little, 1964</b></span></p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This worm was originally described from the lymph nodes, skin, and carcass of the raccoon (</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Procyon</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>lotor</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">) in Louisiana, USA (Ash and Little, 1964). It was later shown to infect cats experimentally (Harbut and Orihel, 1995) and natural infections in cats in the USA with </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Brugia</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> spp. are expected to include this species. Orihel & Eberhard (1998) summarize the human infections with zoonotic </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Brugia</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> species in lymph tissue have been observed and note that there have been some 30 cases of human infection in the United States. The agent is probably Brugia beaveri of the raccoon, although Brugia lepori of the rabbit or some other undescribed species may be responsible.</span></p>
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<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>REFERENCES:</b></span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ash LR, Little MD. 1964. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Brugia</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>beaveri</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> sp. n. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from the raccoon (</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Procyon</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>lotor</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">) in Louisiana. J Parasitol 50:119-123.</span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-size: medium;">Orihel TC, Eberhard ML. 1998. Zoonotic filariasis. Clin Microbiol Rev 11:366-381.</span></p>
<p align="JUSTIFY"><span style="font-size: medium;">Harbut CL, Orihel. 1995. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Brugia</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>beaveri</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;">: microscopic morphology in host tissues and observations on its life history. J Parasitol 81:239-243.</span></p> |
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