THE DOMESTIC CAT AS A HOST FOR BRUGIAN FILARIASIS IN SOUTH KALIMANTAN (BORNEO), INDONESIA
THE DOMESTIC CAT AS A HOST FOR BRUGIAN FILARIASIS IN SOUTH KALIMANTAN (BORNEO), INDONESIA
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DOI:
10.1017/s0022149x00008099
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
DARWIS, F
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作者:
PALMIERI, JR;MASBAR, S;DARWIS, F
Three hundred and twenty-five domestic cats (Felis catus) from six villages of the Hulu Sungai Tengah and Banjar Regency of South Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia, were examined for filarial nematodes. Parasites were found in 66 cats, of which 61 (92.4%) had Brugia pahangi, four (6.1%) has B. malayi and one (1.5%) had Dirofilaria repens. Infection rates ranged from 11% to 22% in cats from secondary forest/rice-field habitats, from 15% to 30% in open village/rice-field habitats, to 50% in an open coastal village. In all cases the infection rate of B. malayi in man was greater than in cats from the same collecting area. The number of B. pahangi microfilariae per 20 .mu.l cat blood ranged from 34 at 1000 hours to 571 at 2200 hours. The results of this study suggest that in this region of Indonesia the domestic cat is not an important host for maintaining B. malayi.