WormMine: LifeStage WBls:0000728

• Definition: Microfilariae that have been ingested by the vector in a blood meal from a mammalian host. Found in the midgut and muscles of the insect host.
• Primary Identifier: WBls:0000728
• Public Name: Onchocerca microfilaria (vector stage)

0 Anatomy Terms

1 Contained In

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	Onchocerca post-embryonic life stage.		Onchocerca post-embryonic life stage	WBls:0000726

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0 Expression Patterns

1 Followed By

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	L1 larvae that develop from the microfilariae in the arthropod vector.		Onchocerca L1 larva	WBls:0000730

1 Preceded By

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	The stage that develops from the embyro and is released from the adult female worm, within the mammalian host. Microfilariae are unsheathed and are mainly found in nodules, the skin and connective tissues.		Onchocerca microfilaria (mammalian stage)	WBls:0000727

0 Sub Stages