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The domestic cat as a host for Brugian filariasis in South Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

J. R. Palmieri ,
S. Masbar ,
Purnomo ,
H. A. Marwoto ,
S. Tirtokusumo  and
F. Darwis
J. R. Palmieri
Affiliation:
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306, USA
S. Masbar
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Jakarta Detachment, APO San Francisco, California 96356, USA
Purnomo
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Jakarta Detachment, APO San Francisco, California 96356, USA
H. A. Marwoto
Affiliation:
The National Institute of Health Research and Development, Jakarta, Indonesia.
S. Tirtokusumo
Affiliation:
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Jakarta Detachment, APO San Francisco, California 96356, USA
F. Darwis
Affiliation:
Banjar Regency Health Service, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Abstract

Three hundred and twenty-five domestic cats (Felis catus) from six villages of the Hulu Sungai Tengah and Banjar Regency of South Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia, were examined for filarial nematodes. Parasites were found in 66 cats, of which 61 (92·4%) had Brugia pahangi, four (6·1%) has B. malayi and one (1·5%) had Dirofilaria repens. Infection rates ranged from 11% to 22% in cats from secondary forest/rice-field habitats, from 15% to 30% in open village/rice-field habitats, to 50% in an open coastal village. In all cases the infection rate of B. malayi in man was greater than in cats from the same collecting area. The number of B. pahangi microfilariae per 20 μl cat blood ranged from 34 at 1000 hours to 571 at 2200 hours. The results of this study suggest that in this region of Indonesia the domestic cat is not an important host for maintaining B. malayi.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 277 - 281
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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