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SUBMITTER: Behrens AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6226445 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Behrens Anna-Janina AJ Duke Rebecca M RM Petralia Laudine M C LMC Lehoux Sylvain S Carlow Clotilde K S CKS Taron Christopher H CH Foster Jeremy M JM
Scientific reports 20181109 1
Filariases are diseases caused by infection with filarial nematodes and transmitted by insect vectors. The filarial roundworm Dirofilaria immitis causes heartworm disease in dogs and other carnivores. D. immitis is closely related to Onchocerca volvulus, Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi, which cause onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) in humans and are neglected tropical diseases. Serum N-glycosylation is very sensitive to both pathological infections ...[more]