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A Brugia malayi microfilaria after losing its sheath in calcium chloride solution.
Brugia malayi microfilariae found in the bloodstream of the infected human host are surrounded by a translucent sheath derived from the embryonic egg shell. The sheath appears to protect the microfilariae from interaction with the immune system. Treatment with calcium chloride results in loss of the sheath. The image shows the luminescence of an exsheathed microfilariae under light microscopy. Schroeder et al.
Image Credit: Rachel A. Lawrence
Citation: (2017) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 11(5) May 2017. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(5): ev11.i05. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v11.i05
Published: May 31, 2017
Copyright: © 2017 Lawrence. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Brugia malayi microfilariae found in the bloodstream of the infected human host are surrounded by a translucent sheath derived from the embryonic egg shell. The sheath appears to protect the microfilariae from interaction with the immune system. Treatment with calcium chloride results in loss of the sheath. The image shows the luminescence of an exsheathed microfilariae under light microscopy. Schroeder et al.
Image Credit: Rachel A. Lawrence