Brugia timori

Introduction

Causative agent of filariasis.

Epidemiology

• found only on islands of the Indonesian archipelago.

Vectors:

• Anopheles mosquitoes

Pathology

• Adults found in lymphatics.
• Microfilaria found in blood.

Clinical manifestations

• Nocturnal periodicity

Laboratory

• organisms have sheaths

More general terms

• Brugia

Additional terms

• filariasis (wucheresiasis)