“Here, then, was a possible explanation for the effectiveness of antibiotics against filarial nematodes.”
“Perhaps, at some stage long ago, the bacteria were transferred from insects to nematodes, since filarial nematodes reside in insects during some stages of their life cycles.”
“At present, more than 200 million people are infected with filarial parasites.”
“As to the nematoids, which were filariform, they neither corresponded in size nor structure with my strongyle embryos.”
“Some other filariform nematodes have been imperfectly described.”
“Patients who have recently had their skin penetrated by the filariform larvae may acquire an itchy cutaneous eruption of pruritic papulovesicular lesion.”
