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Enzootic Brugia Infection in a Two-Year-Old Colombian Girl
Wieslaw J. Kozek
Wieslaw J. Kozek
The International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Division of Health, Universidad del Valle, Apartado Aereo 5390, Cali, Colombia
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Marco Antonio Reyes
Marco Antonio Reyes
The International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Division of Health, Universidad del Valle, Apartado Aereo 5390, Cali, Colombia
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Jorge Ehrman
Jorge Ehrman
The International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Division of Health, Universidad del Valle, Apartado Aereo 5390, Cali, Colombia
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Fanny Garrido
Fanny Garrido
The International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Division of Health, Universidad del Valle, Apartado Aereo 5390, Cali, Colombia
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Marco Nieto
Marco Nieto
The International Collaboration in Infectious Diseases Research Program, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas, Tulane University—COLCIENCIAS, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Division of Health, Universidad del Valle, Apartado Aereo 5390, Cali, Colombia
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Mature male and female filarial worms were present in a lymphatic vessel near a retro-auricular lymph node removed from a 2-year old Colombian girl. Although apparently mature microfilariae were present in the uterus of the female, none was detected in blood samples (Knott's) of peripheral blood taken during day or night. The identification of the worms as a species of Brugia is suggested by their location in a dilated lymphatic vessel, morphology of adults, and the distribution pattern of tail nuclei of the microfilariae. This case is similar to another Colombian case reported from the Departamento del Santander del Sur, and suggests that zoonotic filarial infections may not be uncommon in Colombia.
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