| Pleural aspirate showed an exudative pattern, and cytological examination revealed a predominance of lymphocytes, few eosinophils, mesothelial cells and microfilariae. |
| The presence of the cibarial armature, for example, is an efficient tool for damaging microfilariae as they pass through the pharynx. |
| Transmission occurs when a mosquito bites an infected human, picking up the microfilariae, which develop into larvae. |
| The use of acetoorcein-stained squash preparations for enumeration of nuclei in microfilariae of various filarial parasites. |
| The human body is the host, the filarial nematode worm the agent, and the mosquito that picks up microfilariae during feeding the transmitter of the disease. |
| According to health experts, when an infected female mosquito bites a person, she may inject the worm larvae, called microfilariae, into the blood. |
