Morphological and molecular characteristics of Malayfilaria sofiani Uni, Mat Udin & Takaoka n. g., n. sp. (Nematoda: Filarioidea) from the common treeshrew Tupaia glis Diard & Duvaucel (Mammalia: Scandentia) in Peninsular Malaysia

Background: The filarial nematodes Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold, 1877), Brugia malayi (Brug, 1927) and B. timori Partono, Purnomo, Dennis, Atmosoedjono, Oemijati and Cross, 1977 cause lymphatic diseases in humans in the tropics, while B. pahangi (Buckley and Edeson, 1956) infects carnivores and cau...

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Main Authors:	Uni, Shigehiko, Mat Udin, Ahmad Syihan, Agatsuma, Takeshi, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Junker, Kerstin, Ramli, Rosli, Omar, Hasmahzaiti, Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian, Sivanandam, Sinnadurai, Lefoulon, Emilie, Martin, Coralie, Belabut, Daicus Martin, Kasim, Saharul, Abdullah Halim, Muhammad Rasul, Zainuri, Nur Afiqah, Bhassu, Subha, Fukuda, Masako, Matsubayashi, Makoto, Harada, Masashi, Low, Van Lun, Chen, Chee Dhang, Suganuma, Narifumi, Hashim, Rosli, Takaoka, Hiroyuki, Sofian-Azirun, Mohd
Format:	Article
Published:	BMC 2017
Subjects:	Q Science (General) QH Natural history R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/22864/ https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2105-9
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