WormMine: LifeStage WBls:0000665

• Definition: An early stage in the life cycle of Brugia species, which develops from the egg and precedes the L1 stage.
• Primary Identifier: WBls:0000665
• Public Name: Brugia microfilaria

0 Anatomy Terms

2 Contained In

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	A developmental life stage of a roundworm of the genus Brugia that occurs from egg hatching until adulthood.		Brugia larval stage	WBls:0000097
Anderson, R.C. (2000) Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Their Development and Transmission. Second Edition. CABI Publishing: Wallingford, England, pp. 472-475.	An early stage in the life cycle of some parasitic nematodes which develops from the egg and precedes the L1 stage.		microfilaria	WBls:0000664

0 Expression Clusters

1 Expression Patterns

• Primary Identifier: Expr11949
• Pattern: B. malayi phy-1 is expressed in L1 (microfilaria), at all time points examined throughout L3 and L4 development, and in both adult sexes.

0 Followed By

0 Preceded By

1 Sub Stages

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	In the mosquito, the microfilariae shed sheaths, penetrate the midgut, and migrate to the thoracic muscles were the microfilariae increase in size, molt, and develop into infective larvae (L1 and L3) over a span of 7-21 days.		Brugia unsheathed microfilaria	WBls:0000663