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MeSH Heading: Brugia malayi
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.500.294.400.937.463.088.500
Unique ID: D017178
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017178
Annotation: infection: coord IM with FILARIASIS (IM) or if with possible lymphatic involvement, ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL (IM); coord with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent; /‌drug eff: consider FILARICIDES
Scope Note: A species of parasitic nematode causing Malayan filariasis and having a distribution centering roughly on the Malay peninsula. The life cycle of B. malayi is similar to that of WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI, except that in most areas the principal mosquito vectors belong to the genus Mansonia.
Registry Number: txid6279
Previous Indexing: Brugia (1975-1992); Filarioidea (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/07
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Brugia malayi MeSH Descriptor Data 2023