"Brugia malayi" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D017178
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.937.463.088.500
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brugia malayi" by people in Profiles.
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Ligand binding properties of two Brugia malayi fatty acid and retinol (FAR) binding proteins and their vaccine efficacies against challenge infection in gerbils. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 10; 12(10):e0006772.
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Assessment of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for filariae detection in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 12; 11(12):e0006093.