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Filarial infection in the himalayan flying squirrel

01 Jan 1967-Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Oxford University Press)-Vol. 61, Iss: 3, pp 441-441
About: This article is published in Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.The article was published on 1967-01-01. It has received 2 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Flying squirrel.
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TL;DR: Brugia -type microfilariae were noted in a Madras tree shrew, Anathana ellioti (Waterhouse) from Andhra Pradesh, India, which is a new host record, the first report from the genus Anathanas and the secondReport from the tree shrews.
Abstract: Brugia -type microfilariae were noted in a Madras tree shrew, Anathana ellioti (Waterhouse) from Andhra Pradesh, India. This is a new host record, the first report from the genus Anathana and the second report from the tree shrews.

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TL;DR: Of the eighteen hosts autopsied six were found to be positive for this filarial species, and another filarial parasite, Pseudolitomosa mossasabi Yamaguti, has been recorded from a flying squirrel in Japan.
Abstract: F r o m 1966 to 1967 a large number of filariids were recovered from the subcutaneous tissue, body cavity and orbital cavity of H ima layan flying squirrels, Petaurista magnificus, inhabiting at an altitude of 7,000 feet (Dasgupta et al., 1967). On examination, the worms proved to belong to the genus Dipetalonema Diesing, 1861, Another filarial parasite, Pseudolitomosa mossasabi Yamaguti , 1941 has been recorded from a flying squirrel, Petaurista leucogenys nikkonis in Japan (Yamaguti , 1941). Of the eighteen hosts autopsied six were found to be positive for this filarial species.

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