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Classification:

Chromadorea
 Chromadoria

           Rhabditida 

                       Spirurina
                          Filarioidea
                   Filariidae
 
  •             Filaria Mueller, 1787

    • The genus name Filaria Mueller, 1787 was first used generally for thread-like nematode parasites found in body cavities of their hosts (Stiles & Hassall, 1922). The genus Filaria was later split into different genera distinguished by characters which often had not been considered in the original descriptions .(Guerrero and Bain, 2011).

    Filaria martis Gmelin, 1790 is the type species of the genus.

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    The  genus Filaria (sensu strictu) includes nematodes that parasitize the subcutaneous tissues of several wild animals usually without evoking a significant inflammatory response. The nematodes are parasites of Mustelidae (the largest family of the Carnivora, including weasels, badgers, otters, ferrets, martens, minks and wolverines) and some African mammals . They are transmitted by blood-seeking arthropods, predominantly mosquitoes and ticks (Otranto et al., 2007)..

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    References:

    Guerrero, R. and Bain, O. 2011. Study of types of some species of “Filaria” (Nematoda) parasites of small mammals described by von Linstow and Molin . Parasite 18:151-161.

    Otranto, D.,Lia, R.P., Cantacessi, C., Brianti, E. Traversa, D. Giannetto, S. 2007. Filaria martis Gmelin 1790 (Spirurida, Filariidae) affecting beech marten (Martes foina): morphological description and molecular characterisation of the cytochrome oxidase c subunit I. Parasitol Res DOI 10.1007/s00436-007-0554-3

    Stiles C.W. and  Hassall A. 1922. Index-Catalogue of medical and veterinarian zoology subjects: round-worms (Nematoda, Gordiacea and Acanthocephala) and the diseases they cause. United States Public Health Service Laboratory. Bulletin N° 114. Government printing office, Washington,  886 p

    Study of types of some species of “Filaria” (Nematoda) parasites of small mammals described by von Linstow and Molin

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    Revised: December 08, 2021.