WormMine: LifeStage WBls:0000726

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

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1 Contained In

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	Any developmental stage of a nematode of the Onchocerca genus.		Onchocerca life stage	WBls:0000741

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9 Sub Stages

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	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.		Onchocerca microfilaria (vector stage)	WBls:0000728
	L1 larvae that develop from the microfilariae in the arthropod vector.		Onchocerca L1 larva	WBls:0000730
	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
	Adult male that has developed from L4 larvae in the mammalian host.		Onchocerca adult male	WBls:0000739
	Adult female that has developed from L4 larvae in the mammalian host.		Onchocerca adult female	WBls:0000740
	L2 larvae that develops from the L1 larvae in the arthropod vector.		Onchocerca L2 larva	WBls:0000731
	L3 larvae that develop from the L2 larvae in the arthropod vector. This stage is infectious to the mammalian host once it has migrated to the insect proboscis.		Onchocerca L3 larva (vector stage)	WBls:0000732
	L3 larvae after introduction to the mammalian host through the bite wound of the insect vector.		Onchocerca L3 larva (mammalian stage)	WBls:0000733
	L4 larvae that develop from L3 larvae in the mammalian host.		Onchocerca L4 larva	WBls:0000737