Wuchereria — [Otto Wucherer, médico alemán, n. 1820], género de filarias presente en climas húmedos y templados. Wuchereria bancrofti, transmitida por mosquitos, causa la elefantiasis. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones… … Diccionario médico
Wuchereria — A genus of filarial nematodes (family Onchocercidae, superfamily Filarioidea) characterized by adult forms that live chiefly in lymphatic vessels and produce large numbers of embryos or microfilariae that circulate in the bloodstream… … Medical dictionary
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Wuchereria bancrofti — Systematik Klasse: Chromadorea (Chromadorea) Ordnung: Spirurida … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wuchereria bancrofti — Wuchereria bancrọfti [nach dem Arzt Otto Wucherer, * 1820, ✝ 1873, und dem australischen Arzt Joseph Bancroft, * 1836, ✝ 1894], zur Familie der Filarien gehörender, parasitierender Fadenwurm, der herdförmig in vielen tropischen und… … Universal-Lexikon
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Wuchereria bancrofti — Taxobox | name = Wuchereria bancrofti image width = 250px image caption = Microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti, from a patient seen in Haiti. Thick blood smears stained with hematoxylin. regnum = Animalia phylum = Nematoda classis = Secernentea… … Wikipedia
Wuchereria bancrofti — a white threadlike worm that causes elephantiasis, lymphangitis, and chyluria by interfering with the lymphatic circulation. The immature forms, or microfilariae, are found in the circulating blood, especially at night, and are carried by Culex… … Medical dictionary
wuchereria — wuch·er·e·ria … English syllables