Brugia timori

Brugia timori is a tropical nematode from the group of filaria. He parasite in humans and can cause lymphatic filariasis, the Timor filariasis. The disease was first described in 1965, the identification of Brugia timori as a separate species occurred only in 1977. During the same year it was announced that the mosquito Anopheles barbirostris as a vector ( carrier ) acts.

Features

The microfilariae of Brugia timori longer and differ morphologically from those of the species Wuchereria bancrofti Brugia malayi, and wherein the length-to- width ratio of the head is approximately 3:1. Unlike the other two types, cause a lymphatic filariasis, the sheath comprises the filariae at a Giemsa staining and no pink spots.

Dissemination

Brugia timori has only been described in the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island group of the State of Indonesia. The distribution is limited locally to the areas where the mosquito Anopheles barbirostris occurs that develops in rice fields. A study on the prevalence of infection in Mainang, Alor Iceland, found microfilariae from the blood of 157 of 586 persons (27 %), with 77 of them ( 13%) had lymphedema of the leg.

Infection

As with other filariasis leads to infection with Brugia timori to acute fever and chronic lymphedema .. The life cycle of Brugia timori is very similar to that of Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi and performs the circadian periodicity of the microfilariae to a nocturnal periodicity of the disease symptoms.

The use of anthelmintics such as albendazole and diethylcarbamazine showed an effect in the treatment of Brugia timori. Some researchers are confident that the filariasis with Brugia timori is a controllable and ineradicable disease.

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